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TIL that it rains diamonds on Uranus

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R7vB6 TIL of Fred the labrador, resident dog at Mountfitchet Castle in England, who adopted 9 orphaned ducklings who were wandering the castle grounds after the mother duck disappeared. When Fred goes swimming the the castle moat, the ducks follow him in.
694vl TIL that with a GDP of ~$780 Billion, Manhattan would have the 22nd largest national GDP in the world if it were a country. Out of 213. That's bigger than Sweden.
6EbxQ TIL Madagascar has a larger population than Australia
ANx7B TIL that two of the Apollo missions carried seismic experiments that fired rocket propelled grenades up to 1500 meters. Five of the grenades remain on the moon, unexploded.
jP6a TIL 1 in 5 adults admits to peeing in the pool. This, with a combination of cosmetics and sweat, is what leads to people’s eyes turning red. Not the chlorine