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TIL that despite being slightly smaller than our moon, Europa is thought to have twice the amount of water here on Earth.

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RoR9 TIL in 1959 the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
l7PLB TIL: Some whales engage in 'trap' feeding behaviour essentially letting the fish swim directly into their mouths.
R5Vr1 TIL that to join the EU, Austria had to lift its blanket ban on members of the Habsburg family entering Austria because it was a violation of human rights
D1ZdJ TIL that the title of the Radiohead album "OK Computer" comes from a line in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "OK, computer, I want full manual control now." The song "Paranoid Android" refers to "Hitchhiker" character Marvin, the Paranoid Android.
eYYL TIL humans can enter sleep cycles of 24-48 hours in the absence of sunlight