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TIL Earthquakes on Mars are called Marsquakes.

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akJ0 TIL that Out of the top 10 most successful songs of all time, only Kanye West’s Gold Digger is in a minor key
GG5G TIL for whatever reason, a German WW2 submarine captain decided not to call the trained technician and tried to operate the complex flush system himself after he had used the lavatory. He flooded the boat, forcing it to surface, where it was promptly spotted by the enemy and bombed out of the water.
e0WaE TIL about Andy Grant, a Royal Marine and Liverpool FC fan, whose "You'll never walk alone" tattoo read "You'll never walk" after an amputation from standing on a mine while serving in Afghanistan.
xVBbD TIL Children stop believing in Santa at around 8 years old. Errors by 'bumbling parents' are the main cause of children losing their faith in Santa.
EOxW TIL Semantic Satiation is the psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, who then processes the speech as repeated meaningless sounds.