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TIL that Saturn's rings will eventually fall into Saturn and disappear completely.

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e0k9b TIL that a group of wild cats is called "a destruction".
dkw8 TIL that a 2010 study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety showed that laws banning ‘texting while driving’ have actually increased road accidents because people will do it anyways, and hide their phone down lower where it is harder to see the road.
PY7pZ TIL that Leanach Cottage on Culloden Battlefield is the only remaining building from the battle in 1746
j6GyN TIL that the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) led to the cancellation of Reading Rainbow