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TIL Coal and gas are far more harmful than nuclear power

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bWOQ TIL that scientists have never found a single incident of cancer in naked mole rats — which live upwards of 30 years — making them an important model for finding ways to fight the disease.
wxo7 TIL Pat Morita fought tuberculosis at a young age which resulted in him being in a body cast on and off from ages 2-11 and being told he would never walk, some of you might better know him as Mr.Miyagi from the Karate Kid films or Arnold from Happy Days
D1wgD TIL that after being shot in a failed assassination attempt in 1981, President Ronald Reagan's first remark to the First Lady was "Honey, I forgot to duck" a reference to a one-liner used by boxer Jack Dempsey after he lost his heavyweight title.
1aOM7 TIL That the CIA not only tried to assassinate Fidel Castro literally but also tried their hand in character assassination including using thallium salts to attempt to destroy his famous beard
Z8O5v TIL that in 2014 Firefighters had to rescue an American exchange student who got stuck inside a giant stone vagina in Germany.