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TIL that Titan’s atmosphere is denser than Earth’s, with 1.45 times the surface pressure. The atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that you could play planes very very easily, and even humans can fly there by attaching ‘wings’ to their arms and flapping.

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b6Mvj TIL that for decades, radiotherapy patients had reported phenomena such as "flashes of bright or blue light" when receiving radiation for brain cancer. This was confirmed to be Cherenkov light being generated in the fluids of the eye by researchers in 2019.
DQlJ TIL Pocahontas was only 11 when she met the 28 year old John Smith
xvAb TIL-In an interview with David Letterman in 1983, Frank Zappa said that he approached NBC in 1968 with an idea for a show that would take people in politics/rock n’ roll/the arts and let them discuss news topics. 10 years later in 1993, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher hit the airwaves.
v1YXD TIL Art Bell set a Guinness World Record by staying on the air for 116 hours and 15 minutes. Using the money raised on air, Bell chartered a plane to fly to Vietnam and rescue 130 stranded Vietnamese orphans, who were eventually brought to the United States and adopted by American families.
kJk7E TIL of Mona Parsons, the only Canadian female civilian to be imprisoned by the Nazis. She married a Dutch millionaire and aided downed Allied airmen in WWII till captured in 1941. Sentenced to death, she appealed it and was sentenced to life in prison. She escaped in 1945 and reached Canadian troops