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TIL it snows on Mars

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neQE9 TIL carrying the bride over the threshold is an ancient Roman custom dating back to the founders of Rome and the "Rape of the Sabine Women" in which the men of Rome abducted 'brides' from Sabine.
GYB6J TIL the idea of black holes was first proposed in 1783 by John Michell, calling them "dark stars" and proposing a method to detect them by looking for star systems that showed the gravitational effects of two stars, but only one star was visible, which is indeed how scientists look for them today
L4P TIL that incidents of domestic violence with families of police officers are 2-4 times more common than in rest of the population.
J1Mo8 TIL Brides used to remove their entire teeth on their wedding days as a wedding gift.
kONmB TIL that Mikhail Gorbachev is still alive