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TIL that all of the spent nuclear fuel in the United States could be safely stored in a building the size of a Wal-Mart

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695rQ TIL That the US has policy that makes the metric system the official system.
LkRXV TIL that poultry farming is associated with 9 times higher pancreatic cancer risk
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