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TIL that it rains diamonds on Uranus

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aeb TIL a man with an unusually tiny brain managed to live a very normal life
yQGOe TIL about John Carpenter. The first winner to ever win "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", used none of his lifelines until the final question, when he called his dad. He told him that he didn't need any help on the final question, but he just wanted to let him know that he was about to win $1,000,000.
wLll6 TIL the phrase "Houston, we have a problem." is actually a misquote. After the explosion on Apollo 13, Jack Swigert instead reported to ground control, "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem here."
jNpep TIL that in 2008 footballer Mathieu Flamini co-founded GF Biochemicals, the first company in the world to mass produce Levulinic acid, a a chemical identified by the US Department of Energy as key to unlocking a greener world. The company has won a John Sime award for most innovative new technology.
gMyWA TIL Laika the Space Dog did not live for many days in space, but instead died in a panic shortly after launch.