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TIL There’s actually gravity in space. It helps keep the sun in place and is the reason orbits can happen. The gravity in space though, is weaker than that on earth. While astronauts looks like they’re floating, they are actually falling, very slowly.

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yQjMa TIL A 4 year old boy fell and scraped his knee at the beach. Couple of weeks later a black bump started growing on his knee. When squeezed, a live snail emerged from the bump. The boy adopted the snail and named it "Turbo" after his favorite cartoon character.
wLAG1 TIL that no prime minister has ever completed a full term in Pakistan.
byE0 TIL that virtually all gold mined on the Earth was left behind by meteorite impacts.
kmam TIL of an orca named Old Tom, who during the early 20th century spent almost four decades helping fishermen catch baleen whales off the coast of Australia. In return, Old Tom and his pod feasted on the lips and tongues of the whalers’ haul.
Vwbk TIL that in 1771, a Japanese woman known only as Aochababa (green tea hag) was dissected to compare Chinese anatomical knowledge to the Dutch. The Japanese were astonished to see that the Dutch were correct, and wrote up their findings in a 4 volume text, overturning centuries of Chinese medicine.