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TIL: Satellites from Earth require a higher velocity to reach the sun compared to leaving the solar system

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QJV56 TIL you should NOT use bleach to remove mold on most surfaces
Y7yGr TIL that, on being rejected by the only woman he ever proposed to, Lord William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness, took a vow of celibacy, allowing his noble titles to go extinct upon his death in 1995.
MeK7b TIL That Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin concluded the first that stars were primarily made of hydrogen and helium in her 1925 thesis, but added that her results were "spurious" because of the consensus at that time. She was eventually proved right by other researchers, yet is almost never credited.
8MbK TIL there are series of species where species A can interbreed with species B, and species B with species C, but not species A with species C. They’re called ring species.
oRdPL TIL In 1911, the federal government banned the cultivation, sale, and transport of blackcurrants to protect the white pine.