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TIL a Venus day is longer than a Venus year

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e0Pnb TIL that Charles Schulz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts, hated the name of his comic, which was chosen by his syndicate (he wanted to call it Li'l Folks). As a result, most Peanuts collections and animated specials, such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, don't actually use Peanuts in the title.
B4ky TIL in Fucking, Austria, after the residents voted against changing the Town’s name, the mayor stated “Fucking is Fucking—and it’s going to stay Fucking.”
69V5Y TIL Orcas cooperated with humans in Australia to catch whales. Humans would give the orcas the tongue and lips of a caught whale as payment.
jNY0R TIL John Walker created the match by accident in 1826. He was scraping a mixture of dried chemicals off of a stick in his hearth and it caught fire. Against the advice of friends he did not patent his idea, leading to others greatly profiting off of his invention
5vLB TIL Strip clubs often make change with $2 bills to increase their strippers earnings