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TIL: Ocean world exoplanets can have oceans so deep that the pressure creates a liquid mantle of exotic forms of ice, such as ice V

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9YVjX TIL that among starfish that can regenerate their entire body from a single arm, some can do so from just 1cm (0.4in) long and in some species of starfish, a large female can split in half, each half becoming male which changes back into female once they grow big enough.
a8Yky TIL in 2004 someone offered to pay the government $12 for information about aliens killing JFK.
b6kn9 TIL the signature fashion designs for the groups Labelle, Funkadelic and Kiss were all created by the same man, Larry LeGaspi.
m6Yv TIL that, by examining high-resolution satellite imagery with algorithms developed via trial-and-error, Sarah Parcak and her team have discovered 17 pyramids, 1,000 tombs, and over 3,100 settlements in Egypt alone. She now wants to crowdsource “space archaeology” to prevent looting of ancient sites.
QJN4X TIL Miamisburg Ohio is home to largest conical shaped earthwork of its kind in the United States