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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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XEyQD [TIL] Michael Jackson was so absorbed in writing “Billie Jean” on a ride home from the studio one day that he didn’t even notice his car was on fire. A passing motorcyclist alerted him.
BrVJr TIL the word "hello" was only first published in 1827, and was used as a greeting following the invention of the telephone, after beating out Alexander Graham Bell's preferred greeting, "ahoy"
9wKmQ TIL that Hello Kitty is not a cat; she's a British third-grader with a twin, according to Sanrio
Z8RGY TIL The Costume Museum of Canada holds more than 35,000 textile artifacts reflecting clothing worn over a 400-year period. However, it was on the edge of bankruptcy and closed its doors to the public in 2010
l7pL7 TIL that during the siege of Leningrad during World War II, 28 scientists chose to die of hunger while protecting the seed vault at the Vavilov Institute rather than eating the seeds