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TIL a Venus day is longer than a Venus year

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MeeGW TIL that in 1958, a man decided to name his son "Winner". Three years later, he had another son who he named "Loser". "Winner" became a hardened criminal and "Loser" became a detective.
a8JK9 TIL the fourth person on the moon was Mr Bean, and he managed to destroy the TV camera by pointing it directly at the sun
N790b TIL about the Birnam Oak, thought to be the last remaining tree of the Birnam Wood referenced in Shakespeare’s Macbeth
VMXYQ TIL One way around alcohol prohibition in the USA was to have your doctor prescribe it for you; Winston Churchill had a script
vPepB TIL that termites are one of the planet's most effective bioreactors; they can make up to two liters of hydrogen from consuming a single sheet of paper, which is why they are being studied as a potential renewable energy source.