'find something out' or 'find out something'?
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It depends usually on whether you are specifying the thing that you found out, or using "it/that" etc.
Yesterday, I found out that I had passed my exam.
I wanted to find out what mark I had got in my exam. Yesterday, I found it out.
How did you find out that there had been an earthquake?
I found that out by reading the newspaper.
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"to find out" is a separable phrasal verb. This means that the object or some other words can come between the two parts.
Your phrases mean the same thing.
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