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TIL that 57% of postdoctoral researchers are temporary visa holders

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v1wOx TIL that the ITER fusion reactor is scheduled to be switched on in 2025, but it will take 10 years from that point to reach fusion.
kXl7 TIL that John Morales, the performer who played McGruff the Crime Dog, was put behind bars after police found 1,000 pot plants and a grenade launcher in his possession.
a8e5Z TIL that the tissue inside your nose that makes it feel stuffed when sick is actually the same erectile tissue in your genitals.
PY1pw "Snow leopards are relics of the ice ages, adapted to extreme cold, to blizzards and vertical slopes, and are rarely seen below 6,000 feet. Their pelts are smoky white with ashy rosettes. Their eyes, sliced by vertical feline pupils, are the color of hoar frost. Half of their six-foot-long bodies consists of a magnificent tail: a thick, furry balancing rod for a cat that can leap 30 feet through the air."
858G TIL the record for surviving the longest without food or liquids is held by someone who was forgotten by three policemen in a holding cell for 18 days