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TIL that the Rosetta spacecraft, while studying comet 67P, discovered electrons cause the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecules erupting from the surface, not photons (light) as previously thought.

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Yppnd TIL there is an "upside down" waterfall in Hawaii. For part of the year it flows straight up into the sky.
R7EL9 TIL Carmel, a city in Indiana, has the highest number of traffic roundabouts in the US. Since late 1990s the city has built 125 roundabouts.
pLXb TIL a wild fox wandered into the United States Supreme Court building in 2002 and eluded capture for more than a day
VDRD TIL Chicken used to be flavorful by itself, but we made it taste like nothing.
GYgZ7 TIL NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds.