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TIL that hydrogen exists as a metal on other planets

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9YRD7 TIL the band Rush stopped using guitar amps on stage, instead replacing them with useful appliances like washing machines. During their Snakes And Arrows tour, a roadie in a chicken suit basted rotisserie chickens behind them.
x65MB TIL about structural colouration. ‘Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light instead of pigments…’
d8wD8 TIL Bela Lugosi, famous for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the 1931 film, and other horror movies, was buried in full Dracula costume, cape and all.
9wZ9m TIL: Rupaul owns 60,000 acres in Wyoming that he leases to oil companies for fracking
neMM9 TIL that Lima is the second largest desert city after Cairo. The city faces acute water shortage due to very low precipitation. To solve their water shortage issues, the locals use meshed fog catchers made of bamboo frames to harvest water from the thick sea fog that covers Lima all year round.