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TIL Jupiter is shrinking by about 2 cm each year because the planet radiates more heat than it receives from the Sun.

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1aGvd TIL former NFL players have formed a group pushing for NFL to allow players to use Cannabis and curb the painkiller epidemic
N7LKe TIL After the final battle of the Appomattox Court House that ended the US Civil War, as Lee and Grant were finishing terms of surrender, Lee turned to Grant's aide, a Seneca named Ely Parker, and remarked "It is good to have one real American here." Parker replied, "Sir, we are all Americans."
NXxGQ TIL of the Bengal Water Machine, a water capture mechanism resulting from the pumping of shallow subsurface water by millions of individual small landholders.
ykKX TIL in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon Jinn’s communicator is a redecorated Gillette Sensor Excel Razor for Women.
DQGj TIL: If you are bitten by a coral snake after 2011, there is no anti-venom available.