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TIL A woman in Tamil Nadu, India Disguises Herself as Man for Three Decades to Raise her Daughter

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yQdX8 TIL of the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant that was closest to the epicenter of the 2011 tsunami in Japan but was undamaged because it far exceeded the required safety measures due to the stubbornness of one man. Fukushima famously experienced fatal meltdowns because safety measures were inadequate.
Dd5v TIL A moldy cantaloupe in Illinois in 1941 was found to contain the highest quality penicillin, after a worldwide search.
r1P4 TIL the first stage of Saturn V was fueled by kerosene, produced 215 million horsepower, and got 5 inches to the gallon
m5mp TIL that the Buccaneers were originally “legal” pirates of the French and English paid to attack Spanish ships in the caribbean. Their name, buccaneer, stemming from the native ‘buccan’, a wooden rack for smoking meats. They were hired pirates who made and ate Jerkey.
VBXgB TIL, the cartoon character Johnny Bravo's name is a nod to creator Van Partible's middle name of Giovanni Bravo since Giovanni is the Italian cognate of the name John which Johnny itself is the obvious pet form of.