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TIL every time Io passes into Jupiter’s shadow, Io’s atmosphere freezes solid and smashes into the surface. When Io moves back into sunlight, the frozen atmosphere thaws and returns to a gas.

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9wwl6 TIL that kookaburras are also known as laughing jackasses
wDPW TIL the truth about Kid Rock’s cheap tickets. The 1000 he didn’t sell on ticket master every night he scalped himself via the “ platinum seats” program where the 1000 best seats were sold at “ market value” 100-400 each.( more info in comments)
Z8N4Y TIL the deep male voice behind the songs of Boney M. are from a German producer named Frank Farian, not from the 'main' frontman male 'vocalist' Bobby Farrell. Frank Farian was also the same guy that 'fabricated' the group Milli Vanilli, in which none of the frontman sang any lyrics of their tracks.
X0o5r TIL that in 2022 scientists researching life’s origins observed that rocks known as basaltic glasses (usually found where lava is quenched or where meteorite impacts cool) were able to spontaneously link individual RNA letters - nucleoside triphosphates, into RNA strands up to 300 letters long.
5bXR TIL NFL official Ed Hochuli is actually a lawyer who referees football games as a side gig.