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TIL In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.

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KYZgJ TIL there are 56 United States Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipients who received the medal for jumping on grenades and mines to save the lives of their comrades.
OGVMY TIL that a day on Planet Venus is a little longer than a year. One year in Venus translates to about 224.70 Earth days, and during this time the planet experiences only two sunrises and two sunsets.
WkM7o TIL of Yasuke, an east african man who came into the service of Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga as a retainer in 1581 after being brought to Japan with Jesuit missionaries. When they first met Nobunaga had Yasuke's skin washed, believing it was ink only to realise that was Yasuke's natural skin colour
GAL8Q TIL Autumn colour vibrancy depends on temperature variation balance. Sunny days with cool, crispy (not freezing) nights result in best colors. Daylight produces sugars, cool nights break down chlorophyll (green), non-freezing Temp traps the sugar in the leaves, and sugar concentration leads to color
xKQk TIL a plane hi-jacking in Norway ended only after the hi-jacker had consumed the planes beer supply and traded his weapon for more beer.