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TIL that cosmic dust, micro-meteor remnants from the birth of our solar system, falls all over the world at a rate of 4,000 tons annually. We literally eat it, inhale it and live in it every day.

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O5b7 TIL If a goose gets sick or is wounded while flying a couple of other geese may drop out of formation to help and protect him. They will try to stay with the disabled goose until he dies or is able to fly again.
Oo11X TIL ice, water, and vapour can coexist under a specific condition known as the triple point where water can freeze, melt and boil at the same time.
gMlrA TIL that tomatoes possess the genes to produce capsaicinoids but they are not expressed. Recently, researchers discovered a technique to turn on translation of those genes and they grew spicy tomatoes.
Y7WVZ TIL In Sumerian mythology, the god Enki is believed to have created the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by masturbating and ejaculating into their empty riverbeds.
XE9vP TIL that in 1996 In 1996 Canada’s Northwest Territories began exploring a name change. But the process was hijacked by pranksters who elevated the suggestion of “Bob” to second place over a variety of local Indigenous names.