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TIL that it snows metal on Venus

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yV8Qe TIL 1960s VW Beetles didn't have a pump for windshield washer fluid. Instead, it used air pressure from the spare tire to spray the fluid.
b9VDp TIL there is a species of sheep that survives completely on seaweed. on the island of north ronaldsay in scotland, a wall was built around the island to protect crops from sheep grazing, limiting them to the shoreline where they have adapted to survive.
ZlVY TIL the American aircraft carrer USS Harry S. Truman will never be forward deployed to Japan as a sign of respect to the Japanese as Truman approved the use of atomic weapons on Japan
0dvZ1 TIL A TPS report ("test procedure specification") is a document used to describe testing procedures and testing processes, particularly in software engineering. It describes how the tester will physically run the test, the physical set-up required, and the procedural steps needed.
RWy1 TIL: 1000 days from today, a Total Solar Eclipse will be seen across the entire breadth of the continental United States for the first time in nearly a century.