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TIL Russia installed lighthouses powered by nuclear generators along its coastline in the ‘70s. Two of those generators are now missing.

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loNRG TIL in 1986 all game designers working for Konami were forbidden to attach their actual name to any project. Instead, they were required to create a fake name to be listed in the game’s credits. This was to prevent them from asking for raises, and keep rival companies from stealing their talent.
rWKw TIL in 1814, British soldiers invading Washington, DC arrived at the White House to find food, wine, and arrangements for a lavish dinner party Dolley Madison had prepared prior to fleeing the coming invasion. The soldiers sat and ate the meal and drank the wine. Then they burned down the house.
8drV TIL That Joshua Sawyer, the project director and lead designer of Fallout: New Vegas personally created a mod for New Vegas that fixed some major oversights made by the developers due to the incredibly short development cycle of the game, which is speculated to have only been 18 months.
awa1b TIL about the deadly Poison Fire Coral fungus (native to Japan, Korea, and Australia) that can cause the brain to shrink if consumed.
9Y4EX TIL muskrats are considered legally fish by the Catholic diocese of southeast Michigan, allowing them to be eaten on Fridays during Lent. When asked about the ruling the local bishop wrote that "anyone who could eat muskrat was doing penance worthy of the greatest of the saints."