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TIL that ITER is the nuclear fusion research project aimed to create energy through a fusion process similar to that of the Sun. Creating an artificial Sun, hoping to generate electricity has already been described as the most expensive science experiment of all time.

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eVNb TIL ‘McRib’ contains over 70 ingredients including a bleaching agent often used in foamed plastics. McRib’s “restructured meat technology” uses proteins extracted from a mixture of tripe, heart, and scalded stomach to bind pork trimmings into a rib-like food item.
X0OaR TIL about Myron Rolle who enrolled in medical school and eventually became a neurosurgeon after being cut by the Pittsburgh Steelers
b67MQ TIL about the Cosquer cave in France. Its only entrance lies 121ft (37m) below the surface of the water, and it has cave drawings of various animals that are estimated to be 27,000 years old.
Kk4G TIL Andrew Jackson’s pet parrot was thrown out of Jackson’s funeral for cursing too much
YpZQv TIL facial hair doesn't "stop growing", but rather each follicle has a limited lifespan. People who can grow longer beards have follicles that survive for longer before falling out