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TIL that Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, has water geysers that shoot into space only to fall back as snow on the moon’s surface

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v1Lax TIL that the written form of the Finnish language was largely created by one man, who was born at an unknown date somewhere around 1510. The invention of the printing press and the first sails to the Americas predate first texts ever written in Finnish.
Q5od TIL Hershey Bars contain only 11% cacao, only 1% more than the FDA legal minimum to be called chocolate.
lolAG TIL on the Faroe Islands, The male Y chromosomes of the population are of 87% Scandinavian descent, while the female X chromosomes are of 84% Scottish/Irish descent.
Lkded TIL that Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was the only General to storm the beaches of Normandy in the first wave. He walked the beach with his cane, waiving his pistol, and rallied the troops. He would receive the Medal of Honor for his actions on Utah Beach.
m1LyM TIL Iggy Pop and David Bowie went to West Berlin to get clean