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TIL that in 1996 a bill was passed to protect food vendors from liability for giving unused food to the needy instead of throwing it away for liability reasons.

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nedor TIL 70 years ago Russian scientists developed the first concept of a fusion reactor, called Tokamak. This reactor has the shape of a metal hollow bagel, in which a strong magnetic field keeps the plasma at a safe distance from the walls of the reactor.
kRn4 TIL: Ernest Hemingway hunted U Boats and Submarines on his fishing boat with grenades and machine guns.
JPGV TIL That the man who sang “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch” also find the voice for Tony the Tiger in the Frosted Flakes commercials.
BodL TIL when Yvonne Brill, the inventor of the electrothermal hydrazine thruster for rocket propulsion, died, the first line of her New York Times obituary read, “She made a mean beef stroganoff”
DQ17p TIL that Saddam built a palace in ancient city of Babylon which later became a US military base