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TIL breeder reactors are nuclear reactors that generate more fissile material than they consume

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jMVQ TIL that Harry Potter books were translated from British to American English.
0ax1 TIL the pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline has been fined $3bn (£1.9bn) after admitting to bribing doctors and encouraging the prescription of unsuitable antidepressants to children.
bPw9 TIL: “Tall poppy syndrome” is a term used to describe a social phenomenon in which people of genuine merit are resented, attacked, cut down, or criticized because their talents or achievements elevate them above or distinguish them from their peers.
MY8K TIL of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 where over 1500 peaceful protestors were shot dead in 10 minutes by the British in India
X0Ogr TIL Doc Martens is named after Klaus Martens, a doctor in the German Army during WWII.