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TIL: The Kraken isn't actually in Greek mythology and I've spent my whole life fooled by something invented by the 1981 film Clash of the Titans

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JYAJB TIL according to a new 3D model of the Milky Way, our galaxy is warped and shaped like the popular brand of potato chip. “I’d say that it is shaped like a Pringle” said Radek Poleski, an astronomer at Ohio State University who helped to create the new map.
woXJ6 TIL that Three Mile Island Unit 2 initially came online on March 28th, 1978 (the same day as the accident in the following year), but one of it's coolant pumps failed, so the operators postponed its commission until December 30th.
1aJj7 TIL the electricity needed to power Times Square could power 161,000 average American homes or the entire country of Turks and Caicos
nODB TIL That when Michael Douglas was treated with throat cancer, his doctor actually suggested that too much oral sex on women may be the reason for his condition.
d8K5E TIL that Oskar Schindler died broke, having spent his entire fortune (equivalent to $14 million) saving Jews from the Nazis. Of the 15 million Jews left alive today, roughly 15,000 of them owe their lives to Schindler. He is the only Nazi buried on Mount Zion.