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TIL that comet tails always point in the opposite direction of the sun. The tail is created by an interaction with either solar winds or photons from the sun.

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P1PMZ TIL the Lane Bryant clothing company got its name because a banker misspelled the founder's first name on her account application
XEdaP TIL William Rankin survived a (40 minute) fall through a thunderstorm cloud. Suffering immediate frostbite and mid-air internal bleeding, while being suspended aloft by updrafts, he watched lightning appear, which he described as blue blades several feet thick, and thunder that he could feel.
WkllL TIL love can be classified into three categories: lust, attraction, and attachment. Each type is characterized by its own set of hormones: Testosterone and estrogen drive lust; dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin create attraction; and oxytocin and vasopressin mediate attachment.
9YrEM TIL that a doctor in the UK was targeted by vigilantes because they were confusing her professional title (paediatrician) with the word "pedophile"
vGv7 TIL men receive 63% longer sentences on average/women are twice as likely to avoid incarceration if convicted