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TIL that hydrogen exists as a metal on other planets

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XL9D TIL comedian Steven Wright has only two comedy albums…1985 “I have a pony”…then 22 years later with “I still have a pony”.
7DAM TIL that US Marines murdered 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in response to an IED that killed a Marine in Haditha, Iraq. The Marine Corps reported that 15 civilians were killed by the IED, and 8 ‘insurgents’ were killed in response. Evidence showed this report to be false.
a865A TIL about John Bradmore, a criminal who managed to successfully remove a bodkin arrow that had been lodged in King Henry V’s face. Henry went on to survive and defeat the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
Bg4Vy TIL Ghyslain Raza (the Star Wars Kid) began getting tutored at home because the school staff asked him not to return the following year after students started to tease or mock him which they saw as bad publicity. Although, he was able to move past it and now has a law degree & is working on his PHD.
9Yo8r TIL that One Ton of air conditioning is the amount of heat needed to melt 2000 pounds of ice in 24 hours. Before 1902, Ice Delivery companies measured the amount of cooling a space needed in “Tons of Ice”, and this terminology has carried through to today