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TIL helium-3, an isotope commonly found in space (but not on Earth) could solve clean energy.

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XKYP TIL that in Finland the cost of traffic and speed violations is calculated by the offending driver’s annual income and that someone has been fined 200,000 euros for a single speeding offense.
a88x0 TIL that earwax of Europeans and Africans is light to dark brown, sticky and moist. The earwax of Asians is colourless or grey, brittle and dry.
XEG5D TIL of the usage "Bob's your uncle" meaning "and there you have it". In 1887, the UK Prime Minister Robert "Bob" Cecil appointed his nephew, Arthur Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland. Whatever other qualifications Balfour might have had, "Bob's your uncle" was seen as the conclusive one.
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