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TIL that a year on Venus is shorter than a day on Venus

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nDKb TIL that handwriting analysis strongly suggests that Czar Alexander I of Russia, who defeated Napoleon, faked his own death to become the monk Fyodor Kuzmich, who had a genteel manner, spoke several languages and claimed to have forgotten his past
XE1LQ TIL of 21-year-old Lieutenant Zvika Greengold, an Israeli tank officer who fought in the Yom Kippur War for 30 hours straight, destroyed up to 60 enemy tanks (swapping his own every time he sustained damage), and fooled the Syrians into believing they were facing a company sized force.
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