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8ereZ TIL that for more than four hundred years beginning in the mid-seventh century, some 50 percent of the world’s Christians lived under Muslim rule
9gD TIL Laser propelled flying saucers known as “Lightcraft” have been successfully tested by the US Army since 1999.
rjwy TIL that Canada’s CANDU nuclear reactors are designed to use fuel from decommissioned nuclear weapons, can be refueled while running at full power, and are considered among the safest and most cost effective in the world.
xykB TIL the ‘Type A and Type B personalities’ were conceived from studies that sought to establish a link between proactive personalities and heart disease. Tobacco companies funded the studies & used them to suggest cigarettes only seemed to cause heart disease because smokers were such high achievers
ANKXa TIL that Lenore Zann, the voice actress of Rogue in "X-Men: The Animated Series" and "X-Men '97", was a member of Canada's Parliament for two years and spent 10 years in Nova Scotia's House of Assembly