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TIL Australia bans nuclear power plants, but at the same time export enough uranium to produce the equivalent of 97% of its domestic electricity (which is 80% from fossil)

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DQxDr TIL in 1993, in order to reduce the media attention and law enforcement pressure brought on by drive-by shootings, the Mexican Mafia prison gang in California declared they would kill any gang member sent to prison for a drive-by.
xVnlD TIL of Barb Tarbox, a Canadian anti-smoking activist who, despite trying to quit, and even after being diagnosed with cancer, continued to smoke until her death in 2003
9wKXD TIL Ancient Egyptians tested for pregnancy by having potential moms urinate on bags containing wheat and barley; if they sprouted shortly after it was a sign of pregnancy. A 1963 study reproduced the results as 70% accurate.
W0P8 TIL one of the eight rules in the American mafia is that you cannot have facial hair.
Zpd8Q Today I learned that a man can survive two atomic bombs in a gap of two days and still live till the age of 93 - Tatsuo Yamaguchi.