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TIL that Tritium, vital for fusion fuel like in ITER, is extremely rare with only ~20 kg made yearly from CANDU type heavy-water reactors. It costs about $30 000 per gram, so most fusion projects plan to breed it from lithium due to huge supply shortages.

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yQGla TIL while the last proper successful invasion of England was in 1066, there was a brief period in 1797 when a small French force landed on the beaches. They ended up drinking and eating with the locals before, 2 days later, they got so drunk they had little choice but to surrender.
p8oBG TIL Ontario's Dog Owner's Liability Act ('DOLA') stipulates that a dog owner(s) assumes liability for damages caused by dog bites or attacks. This is strict liability test because it does not depend on an owner's negligence, fault, or the animal's known propensity to act aggressively.
PYy5Z TIL a Guatemalan boy saw soldiers come into his village and murder his parents along with the rest of the village, was adopted and raised in an abusive household by one of the men who massacred the villagers, and later gave testimony that sent the killer to prison with a 6,000 year sentence
0dy01 TIL there is species of spider named Aptostichus barackobamai, more commonly referred to as the "Barack Obama trapdoor spider"
R7pN1 TIL despite the Ford Pinto's reputation as a deathtrap, it actually had accident death rates on par with competitor cars, and its risk of "fatal accidents accompanied by some fire" was average for all cars and lower than average for its class.