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TIL that hydrogen exists as a metal on other planets

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R7x7Q TIL that despite that the Canadian tv channel that it airs on (Family TV) being owned by the media company that produced the show (DHX Media) the remainder of the Canadian teen series Backstage has not aired on it and the latest new episode was shown on April 20, 2019. Reruns are still airing there.
gMlV4 TIL that Johnny Cash reignited his career in the 90’s due to his fondness (and rift it caused with his older, evangelical audience at the time) of a late 80’s British tribute album of his songs made by Indie/Punk musicians to raise money for AIDS awareness
vP0mD TIL about Dokos, the oldest known shipwreck ever discovered. Dated to ~2700-2200 BCE, it was found in the Aegean Sea, near the island of Dokos, Greece. It predates other famous ancient wrecks by thousands of years, providing crucial isights into early maritime trade and navigation.
dojZ TIL the Kawaya Kami is a modern Shinto deity, who reigns over toilets. He was thought to be very beautiful, and as such his toilets must be kept clean and nicely decorated. If you don’t keep your toilet clean, he may cause infants to be born ugly and unhappy.
p8aVQ TIL after a Japanese Destroyer rammed the ship Naval Lieutenant John F. Kennedy was on during WW2, Kennedy swam for 5 hours towards an island while towing one of his badly burned crewman by clasping a scrap of the crewman's lifejacket between his teeth despite sustaining a back injury from the crash