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TIL hydrogen in Saturn gets so dense toward the core that it turns into a metal.

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ADDR7 TIL there is a militant Islamic separatist group in the Philippines that goes by the name MILF
OGGya TIL about Oliver the Chimp, who was billed as a human/chimp hybrid due to his flat face, walking upright, and his "preference for human women".
LQAnP TIL about Catherine King and Wayne Adams, who built a floating compound on the west coast of Vancouver Island from salvaged materials and lived on it for more than 30 years.
gMlBA TIL that Turkeys were heralded by the Mayan people as vessels of the gods and were honored as such, so much so that they were domesticated to have roles in religious rites. They were symbols of power and prestige and can be found everywhere in Maya iconography and archaeology.
bAxN TIL In 2003 an ER doctor in Idaho saved a patient’s life by performing emergency surgery with a cordless drill in a church parking lot to relieve pressure on his brain caused by internal bleeding.