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TIL that the lottery is illegal in Nevada

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mPgO TIL a paediatrician in Britain was once forced to flee her home after some local residents mistook her job title to mean she was a paedophile and vandalised her home.
grPP9 TIL that Leonardo da Vinci designed a robotic knight operated by cables. When modern engineers built a replica based on the designs, it was functional.
xVm7k TIL that Sunset Boulevard star Gloria Swanson was fascinated by inventions and patents and formed a company that helped four Jewish inventors flee Nazi Germany.
BA1d TIL A coal power plant produces more radioactive waste than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy
p5bG TIL Stephen Hawking is 73 years old and has outlived his life expectancy due to ALS by over 50 years.