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YxPW TIL Kepler-186f is the first Earth-sized exoplanet within a star’s habitable zone, it is far enough away from the star that water could persist in a liquid state
9YZLm TIL Germany does not have a Court Martial. Soldiers who commit crimes are tried in civilian court.
4kdQo TIL a naturally-occurring nuclear fission reactor once formed in an African uranium ore deposit and ran for thousands of centuries.
x65E0 TIL that in Dec 1899/ Jan 1900 the SS Warrimoo existed simultaneously in two different seasons, two different hemispheres, two different days, two different months, two different years, two different decades, and two different centuries!
d8RdB TIL lake Baikal has a surface area slightly larger that the state of Maryland, yet it’s depth and volume is so great it could cover the moon is 2 feet of water.