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TIL a day on planet Venus lasts longer than a Venusian year

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VDNm TIL Casper the Friendly Ghost died of Pneumonia after playing out in the cold until it was past nightfall.
W7o4L TIL children were most prone to lead poisoning because lead chips and toys with lead dust tasted "sweet".
X8L8 TIL there are more trees in North America than there were 100 years ago.
VBAvD TIL atomic bomb testing has changed our biology
D9mj TIL of Kevin Mitnick, a hacker believed to be so dangerous that he was placed in solitary confinement for fear of being able to “start a thermonuclear war by whistling into a payphone.”