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TIL the whole Mars is as cold as the South Pole.

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b6m5Q TIL North Carolina gave $20 million in taxpayer dollars to clean up dead farm animals after Hurricane Florence, then also reimbursed farmers for the animals
KY8nB TIL that human babies release hexadecanal, from their heads, which lowers aggression in males but increases aggression in females. This lowers male driven infanticide while making females/mothers more protective of their offspring.
DYpP TIL That you can sing just about any Emily Dickinson poem to the tune of the Gilligan’s Island theme song.
DQeWD TIL of William Rankin, a fighter pilot who survived trapped in a storm cloud after ejecting for 40 minutes.
gJ0L TIL when recovering and removing debris from the fallen Twin Towers, excavators found a wooden ship dating back to the revolutionary war era. Some artifacts from this ship can be seen in the 9/11 museum.