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TIL that Saturn’s moon Titan has lakes, rivers, and rain—but instead of water, they’re filled with liquid methane and ethane.

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16Md8 TIL 'jaywalking' is a term coined by insurance companies to make it be seen negatively and shift the blame of accidents onto pedestrians
rxG1 TIL The cash register sound effect in The Beatles “Yellow Submarine” was the same used years later in the beginning of Pink Floyd’s “Money”.
vaQ4 TIL King George V’s physician gave the dying king a lethal dosage of morphine and cocaine to hasten his death so that it could be announced in the morning edition of The Times rather than “less appropriate evening journals”
bWOQ TIL that scientists have never found a single incident of cancer in naked mole rats — which live upwards of 30 years — making them an important model for finding ways to fight the disease.
VMVQm TIL that Arthur Conan Doyle loosely based Sherlock Holmes on Dr Joseph Bell, a Scottish surgeon who was known for his skills in observation. Dr Bell would often pick a stranger, and by observing him, deduce his occupation and recent activities. He was considered a pioneer in forensic science.