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b6Wja TIL about vitrification of nuclear waste, wherein nuclear waste is melted down and combined with molten glass. The mixture is cooled in stainless steel canisters where it becomes a solid and can be stored or buried indefinitely with no risk of leakage or contamination to the environment.
wROE TIL that after his presidency, Harry Truman refused to join any corporate boards or do commercial endorsements, feeling that using the presidency for financial gain would diminish the integrity of the office. Congress eventually passed the Former Presidents Act to pay him a pension.
ev9D TIL a mentally ill woman scribbled her “will” on the back of a grocery list, bequeathing her entire estate (valued at $300,000) to actor Charles Bronson, who she never met. After he accepted, her family filed suit against Bronson and he ended up settling out of court.
9wPvm TIL The worlds first computer virus was developed by Jon Von Neumann in 1949. It served as proof that computer programs are capable of replicating themselves
5K0k TIL that studies have show that “9 of 10 American women wear shoes that don’t fit”, and that “more than 80 percent of women said they were willing to give up the health of their feet for trendy footwear”