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TIL that a coal power plant releases over 100 times more radiation into the environment than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy

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VkEQ TIL In the movie “Good Will Hunting”, The therapy scene caused Johnny (the cameraman) to laugh so hard that the camera’s POV can actually be seen moving up and down slightly as it shows Damon breaking character by also laughing so hard.
Yp5p7 TIL if you half an Australian $10 bill, it becomes valued at $5 and is still redeemable.
wLrjP TIL the first drive thru restaurant in 1948 lured motorists with a promise of “NO DELAY”, In-N-Out.
WvXX TIL that ‘ant hill garnets’, small gemstones, are 'mined’ by ants in a few places in Arizona. Ants find the garnets while digging their anthills, drag them out, and discard them on the surface
kxxW 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