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TIL that it rains diamonds on Uranus

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5YP4R TIL: You can send a Valentine's Card to sick children at Cincinnati's Children's Hospital
pYZvO TIL that the Australian Ibis (aka bin chickens) have learned how to eat the invasive and poisonous cane toad. They do this by picking the toad up, shaking it around to get it to expell its poison and empty is poison sacs, then washing the poison off with water.
JgQ1 TIL that rice does not dry out wet electronic devices much better than letting the device sit on a dry counter does. You should use silica packets instead.
OPNY TIL that astronauts in zero gravity cannot burp, but they can fart.