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TIL that when a moon has a moon, it's called a moonmoon. Theoretical candidates that could host a moonmoon are Earth's moon, Callisto, Titan, and Iapetus, though none have ever been detected

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ZpZ74 TIL that there is a species of spider which produces 'milk' from its own body, which it uses to nurse baby spiderlings for the first several weeks of their lives. It's one of only 120 species of spider that can stand the company of others for more than three weeks.
0kov TIL that a billboard can create 100 liters of water a day out of thin air!
kJdrE TIL dogs wag their tails to the right in positive situations like seeing their owner, and to the left in negative situations like the approach of an unfamiliar dog.
W7GvB TIL radiosondes are launched by balloon twice each day around the world, at the exact same time, to track the jet stream. When they come down, if you find one, you can keep it.
oBDdE TIL, North Eastern Indians look like South East Asians and are usually discriminated by Indians from the mainland.