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TIL Saturn’s moon Enceladus has liquid water geysers that may be ejecting huge numbers of microbes directly into space. It might be literally snowing life.

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OoJn4 TIL of the Devils Hole Pupfish, the entire species exists within a 22 by 3.5 meter pool in Death Valley. In 2007 as few as 38 individuals remained. As of spring 2019, the population had reached 136.
XEA5E TIL that Comic Sans, a font widely regarded as silly and unprofessional, is one of the easiest fonts for dyslexic people to read
Wm5L TIL that D&D is a very popular game in prisons throughout North America and since dice are not allowed inmates use decks of 20 playing cards to roll
pVnZ TIL the copyright for the song “Happy Birthday to You” expires in the EU on December 31st, 2016
xrjb TIL in Greek Mythology, the God ‘Phosphorus’ represented the planet Venus, or the 'Morning Star’, as the Bringer of Light. The Latin translation of Phosphorus is Lucifer.