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TIL Mars sometimes hums. Scientists aren't sure why.

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XE1WQ TIL that SETI scientists believed that the chances for finding intelligent extraterrestrial life were far greater than initially expected, since Earth developed two intelligent species - humans, and dolphins.
epAE4 TIL that George Harrison visited his sister in a small U.S. town in 1963. At the time, he was famous in England, but unknown in the U.S.
R5vm9 TIL of Robert Lewandowski, a Polish soccer player who substituted into a Bundesliga game, and within less than 9 minutes scored 5 goals, smashing 4 Guinness records in the process
wAl1 TIL of a man who was the last tenant in a housing unit to be developed and who was found in his apartment decapitated by a chainsaw with his death being ruled as “nothing suspicious” by authorities.
lo7LK TIL Vitaminwater is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added. A bottle of vitaminwater contains 33 grams of sugar, making it more akin to a soft drink than to a healthy beverage