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TIL water exists on the sun

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vBKL TIL at the 1900 Paris Olympics, the winners received valuable works of art instead of gold medals
Nm96 TIL when US speakers say ‘quite’, they normally mean 'very’, and when UK speakers say 'quite’ they normally mean 'fairly’
BgJlr TIL that in 1952, the USS Wisconsin received a single, direct-hit from a North Korean 155mm gun battery. Despite the damage being minimal, the Wisconsin responded by returning fire with all nine of her Mark 7 16-inch guns, prompting an escorting ship to signal the Wisconsin with "Temper, Temper."
4xgo TIL New Zealand has an official Wizard appointed by the prime minister.
awXry TIL "women and children first" when evacuating a sinking ship has never been maritime law. It is more common for men to survive shipwrecks than women, and children have the lowest chances of survival. The Titanic is an exception; 75% of women survived compared to only 17% of men.