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TIL Jupiter was the first planet to form in our solar system

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OG7ng TIL Saudi Arabia does not have a single flowing river on its land.
b6J7Z TIL about Clochafarmor, a standing stone in Ireland. where the wounded hero Cú Chulainn is said to have tied himself to to the stone in order to remain upright to fight his enemies until his death.
rRawW TIL in Spirited Away, Miyazaki based the river spirit on his own experience of cleaning a polluted river
8aXKV TIL a man’s mother was murdered by a hitchhiker whom he’d encountered that very same evening. He’d seen him in the vicinity of his home before finding his mother’s body, and told the police the hitchhiker was the culprit. They didn’t believe him until they found evidence supporting his story.
Avdn TIL that the weird little “spirals” on jet engine turbine tips are so the ground crews can tell if an engine is spinning or not