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TIL NASA Wants to Send a Submarine to Titan

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VaYk TIL that because of post-glacial rebound, Finland is rising so fast that they have laws in place for when new land appears
VWwQ TIL if people worship other gods, the Bible says you must not only kill those people, but kill everyone else in the town, and their animals, then take all of the town’s possessions to the middle of the public square, then burn all of the possessions, then burn the whole town down, and never rebuild.
J4rm TIL the current Empress of Japan, Empress Michiko is a Hibernophile and has a keen interest in Irish mythology most notably “The Children of Lir” and recites I See His Blood Upon The Rose by Joseph Plunkett as a party piece and even speaks passable Irish
gdpA TIL David Prowse, the guy in the Darth Vader suit in the original trilogy, is banned by George Lucas from all Star Wars events.
WkpRL TIL: In most US states it is illegal for a vehicle to pass a cyclist with less than 3 feet of space, and some states extend as high as 6 feet.