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TIL There are weekly weather reports for Mars.

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jNeMn TIL Black Sabbath's debut album in 1970 began with the sound of rain and a distant church bell. 43 years later, in 2013, their final album ended with the sound of rain and a distant church bell.
ZpER TIL that 95% of people who experience a plane crash actually survive
W7waN TIL that the Icelandic horse is a unique breed known for its additional gait called the tölt.
VZM4 TIL that the OED included a trap, made up word, “Esquivalience” which it defined to mean “the willful avoidance of one’s official responsibilities” as a copyright infringement trap which caught both Dictionary.com and Google Dictionary.
nvQ7 TIL There is a Monastery in Portugal that has a specially designed well in its kitchen where fish would swim into its canals and get trapped, giving the Monks fresh fish every day.