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

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pa4p TIL Nong Yousui from Dahua, China has eyes that can see in pitch black
kOmVd TIL that the home of Lord North, popularly known as the British prime minister who “lost America,” is today owned by an American university and houses American exchange students.
lgpB TIL that when parents show favoritism or interfere in sibling conflict, those siblings are more likely to tend to conflict later in life, and less likely to collaborate in the care of the older parents.
ZpyB4 TIL that a Gordie Howe hat trick in ice hockey is to have a goal, an assist and a fight with a 5 min penalty. Funnily the name giver only achieved that twice in a five decade career and was not the first one to do it.
j6BDj TIL Romans wiped their butts with a sea sponge on a stick that they kept in a bucket of salt water or vinegar.