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TIL Saturn’s moon Enceladus has gysers that shoot large jets of water vapor into space and according to NASA “is emerging as the most habitable spot beyond Earth in the Solar System for life as we know it.”

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paw8 TIL Lincoln, NE was named after Abraham Lincoln as a ploy to keep Nebraska’s capital as Omaha. Many people in Nebraska had been sympathetic to the Confederate cause and it was assumed that the legislature would not change the capital if the new capital were named after Abraham Lincoln
ao6o TIL Scottie from Mythbusters quit welding and became a dental hygenist
R7Z1w TIL of Glennon Engelmann, the "Killer Driller." A dentist by trade, Englemann was a serial killer who conspired with his dental assistants and ex-wife to kill their husbands in elaborate ways. Englemann would then take a portion of the insurance payout.
910X TIL Earlier this year Indonesian fishermen found what they believed to be an angel from Indonesian mythology that had fallen from the sky. Police investigations found it to be a sex doll.
vboR TIL the oldest running car, built in 1884, sold in 2011 for $4.6 million. “La Marquise” - top speed: 38 mph (61 km/h) - runs on coal, wood, and bits of paper, taking 30–40 minutes to build up enough steam to drive.