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TIL NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds.

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Z8POG TIL The letter Q is the only letter that doesn't appear in any U.S. state name.
ZpJ8Y TIL the Australian constitution technically allows for the disenfranchisement of voters based on race
rraW TIL a man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for shooting with intent to kill and robbery requested that his sentence was extended to 33 years, to match Larry Bird’s NBA jersey number. The request was granted.
BrEdL TIL of mysterious radio signals, called "perytons", that mimicked signals from deep space but were detected only at Parkes Observatory in Australia. They were actually caused by opening a microwave oven's door early.
KgDQ TIL the Jamican bobsleigh team depicted in the movie “Cool runnings” was in two more olympic games. In the 1994 olympic they silenced many of their critics by finishing in 14th place, ahead of the United States, Russia, Australia and France. They where for a short while ranked 8th in the world.