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TIL that the USSR landed a spacecraft on venus, becoming the first country to soft land a probe on another plant

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9lNM TIL ‘The Bloop’, a loud and ultra-low frequency sound picked up by the NOAA in 1997 and heard at listening stations underwater over 5,000km apart, was not a “sea monster” but the sound of an ice shelf breaking off of Antarctica – an icequake.
worJ TIL that 1200 suits of armor and over 10,000 arrows were produced for the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
XEDDr TIL the company that makes Nutella uses 25% of the global supply of hazelnuts.
ep7gk TIL that before haunted houses, 16th-century elites hosted “black or hell banquets.” Dating to ancient Rome, Emperor Domitian hosted a banquet where guests were assigned a seat with a personalized gravestone. The menu consisted of food usually offered as sacrifices for the departed.
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