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TIL of planet HD 189733b, where it constantly rains molten glass of over 1500°F horizontally in 6000kmph winds

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PYNNg TIL We broke the sound barrier before a man summited Mt. Everest. That's a speed exceeding 662 mph, at an altitude of 43,000 feet, in a ROCKET PLANE, four years before a man could climb to 29,029 feet, with the help of a Nepalese sherpa on his 39th birthday.
lokdB TIL Queen Victoria was buried in a white dress and her wedding veil, alongside many mementos. Her late husband's dressing gown and a plaster cast of his hand was placed beside her, and a lock of her favourite servant John Brown's hair along with his photo was placed in her left hand.
loNga TIL that "Tattoo" is a military bugle call played daily in the U.S. Army, not long before "Taps", which is played last; the word has a completely different etymology than does "tattoo" meaning a design inked into the skin.
Q55p TIL that Agatha Christie was a surfer, and was probably among the first Brits to learn to surf standing up.
J1gZ4 TIL: The world's tallest cut Christmas tree was a 67.36 m (221 ft) Douglas fir, which was erected and decorated at Northgate Shopping Center, Seattle, Washington in December 1950.