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TIL each day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus (243 earth days vs 225)

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R7L99 TIL about a journalist/broadcaster from BBC who was assassinated at a bus stop in London by the KGB. A 1.7mm pallet was shot in his leg from the tip of an umbrella. The coating of the pallet melted and allowed the deadly toxin "Ricin" to be absorbed in his bloodstream. He was dead 4 days later.
MBba TIL in 1955, someone dropped a 600 year old plaster buddha statue, only to discover the plaster was actually covering a solid golden statue.
YpXQx TIL that when the parents of a nine-year-old named "Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii" went to court in a custody battle, the judge was so mortified by their daughter's unusual name that he ordered them to rename her.
QVNe TIL that the voices for Duke Weselton (Frozen), Duke Weaselton (Zootopia), King Candy (Wreck it Ralph), and a role in Rogue Squadron all come from one guy, our favorite leaf on the wind, Alan Tudyk.
W7LWo TIL that not a single engineer made it off the Titanic: they stayed and kept the power on so others could escape.