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TIL a Swedish man built a homemade nuclear reactor and had a meltdown on the kitchen stove

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5YvKr TIL German anatomy institutes receive so many donations that they often have to turn away cadavers, or even charge donors to take them. This is the result of people avoiding strict funeral costs that they would otherwise be legally required to pay.
NExM TIL that the awesome 3-D sound we had in ‘90s games used binaural technology, but new games can’t use it because of patent issues.
gjL8 TIL despite the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine still gets 47% of its electricity from nuclear energy, compared to United States’ 19%.
VNBk TIL that not all documents of the JFK assassination were released to the public. When questioned about it Chief Justice Earl told reporters that it may not be released in their lifetime. That was more than 50 years ago and in 2017 they will be made public.
8alAa TIL: Ed O'Neil has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and it's in front of a shoe store.