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Me7AA National Geographic Emerging Explorer Leslie Dewan is helping to revolutionize the nuclear power industry by designing a safer, more efficient alternative to today’s reactors.Conventional nuclear reactors only use about 3 to 4 percent of uranium’s accessible energy. The energy left behind is what makes conventional nuclear waste—radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years—so dangerous. Extracting more of the available energy reduces the radioactive lifetime of the waste. To this end, Dewan is helping to develop techniques that extract 96 percent of the available energy.
W1W4 TIL That the second “option” on the plate of a stapler is for temporarily attaching papers together without tearing up the corners of the paper upon removal
w4A8 TIL General Electric built a powered exoskeleton which would enable the wearer to lift 1500 pounds. It was never turned on with a person inside because any attempt to use the full exoskeleton resulted in a violent, uncontrolled motion.
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P1alL TIL Otoko wa Tsurai yo "It's tough being a man" holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running movie series starring a single actor, spanning 48 installments released between 1969 and 1995.