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TIL that Manhattan Project nuclear physicist Alvin Weinberg was fired from his job for continually advocating for a safer and less weaponizable nuclear reactor using Thorium, one that has no chance of a meltdown.

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KGoQ TIL one of the most isolated memorials on earth was built by hand by the family members of UTA Flight 772. It took over 2 months to construct and can be seen with Google Earth.
x6eX0 TIL CIA allegedly involved in Attempted assassination of Bob Marley, shot twice in 1976.
Rxoj TIL fly ash emitted by a coal power plant carries 100 times more radiation into the surrounding enviornment than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
ANk4 TIL That the Roman Statesman Cato the Elder ended every speech, regardless of the topic, with “…and therefore, Carthage must be destroyed!”
xank TIL if our hearing was anymore sensitive than what it is now, we would be able to hear the background hiss of air molecules colliding.