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TIL that Hyperion is the only moon in the solar system that isn't tidally locked to its orbital parent

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16QRP TIL that Missouri is likely called the Show-Me State in reference to a speech from a Congressman in 1899: "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."
NXYLP TIL that mature oak trees can reach heights of around 148 feet and can live up to 1,000 years. Oak trees have existed for 65 million years, and a single oak tree can produce around 10 million acorns during its lifespan. Out of these acorns, only 1 in 10,000 grow into an oak tree.
Drnj TIL Bookkeeper is the only English word with three pairs touching.
OXlg TIL Joseph Jackson tried to teach his kids a lesson about leaving their bedroom windows open, so one night while his son Michael was asleep, Joseph wore a mask, climbed through the window, and shouted at him. Michael Jackson would later have recurring nightmares of being kidnapped from his bedroom.
ZPjG TIL a SWAT team raided and held a Maryland mayor and his mother-in-law at gunpoint, and shot and killed his two dogs. No action has been taken against the officers or their respective police departments while stating “we’d do it again, tonight.”