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TIL The planet Venus is nearly identical in size to Earth, their radius’ differ in size by only 201 miles, with Earth being the larger.

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MexaV TIL Shorter people build higher ceilings inside their buildings in Minecraft while taller people will build lower ceilings. Egocentric Reference Frames cause us to build upon our environments in a way that we are accustomed to seeing them.
mxyWY TIL: the US Gov't made a deal with the Italian Mafia to ensure that no German or Italian saboteurs snuck in through the New York port/docks by providing information to the US Navy. They also guaranteed no dockworkers would strike, therefore ensuring a constant line of supplies leaving to the front.
VMZR8 TIL that before he started writing children's books, Dr. Seuss was a successful advertising illustrator, working for companies like Standard Oil, NBC, Ford, and General Electric
XYBR TIL there is a German word for the unhappy feeling one gets when comparing the actual state of the world, and all its problems, to one’s idea of how the world should actually be. That word is Weltschmerz or “world pain”.
low9K TIL that Ancient Greek & Roman statues weren’t originally white but were once painted in vivid, bright colours