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TIL there’s a planet called HD 189733b where it rains molten glass, sideways, at 7000km/h

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j68XN TIL that 'Cognitive Dissonance' is the mental discomfort experienced when holding 2 conflicting beliefs or values simultaneously. People tend to change one of the conflicting beliefs or acquire new information to reduce the discomfort. Introduced by psychologist Leon Festinger in the 50s.
GYrDj TIL Sydney, Australia has an annual duck fashion show :)
J1NPB TIL about Pschitt!, a French soft drink created by Perrier in 1954. The name originates in the transcription in French of the noise made by a Perrier bottle when it is opened.
yVXaa TIL that the green code from the movie The Matrix (1999) was inspired by a Japanese sushi cookbook.
4X9Q5 TIL there is a group of single-celled organisms called Asgard archaea, Lokiarchaeum, named after the Arctic Ocean geothermal vent, Loki's Castle, where they were discovered. They are considered to be the missing link in the evolution of the cell, which separates eukaryotes like humans from bacteria.