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TIL Venus has phases like the Moon

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78dZr TIL Wicker is not the name of a material, but the name of the weaving process
E1M40 TIL the Mediterranean island country of Malta has been inhabited since around 5900 BCE, and has been ruled by the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights of Malta, French and British, all before becoming independent in 1964.
4V55 TIL a man in Sweden receives disability benefits due to his “addiction to Heavy Metal”.
9wpwm TIL that Sesame Street was designed to build up the self-worth of black children through the presentation of positive black images. It purposefully presented an integrated, harmonious community to challenge the marginalization of African-Americans routinely seen on elsewhere in society
D1rQY TIL that the Malcolm in the Middle theme song and the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song were written by the same people, They Might Be Giants.