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TIL that Phobos, one of the martian moons, is slowly spiraling inward to eventual destruction and Mars will eventually have a ring

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7rd0Z TIL That cheetahs cannot roar, they can only purr like a housecat! (cute video links of this in comments)
D16rP TIL we can’t see atoms under an ordinary microscope because atoms are smaller than the wavelength of visible light. The smallest thing we can see with visible light contains 10 billion atoms.
w7Ao TIL The episode “Heart of Ice,” from Batman: The Animated Series, won an Emmy award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program. It was the series’ second Emmy award (out of the 4 that it won).
xV7pw TIL about Xia Peisu, “The Mother of Computer Science in China.” With the country isolated from the rest of the world, she managed to develop the first indigenous PC, the Model 107, and to create the first schools in computer science.
xVQyB TIL dyes leech off your clothing!