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TIL that in 1981, the Russians successfully landed on the surface of the hottest planet on our Solar System, Venus. The Venera 13 probe later returned the first color images of the surface of Venus.

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9YlwB TIL that a week after the Kent State massacre in 1970, a Gallup poll revealed nearly 60 percent placed total blame on the students, while only 10 percent blamed the guardsmen.
1avEr TIL Garfield phones have been washing up on a beach in France for over 20 years. A shipping container fell off the cargo ship in a storm and the locals can do nothing about it.
0dRA TIL Baseball Player Richie Ashburn fouled off a ball and hit a spectator, a few minutes later he fouled off another ball and hit the same spectator while she was being carried off by stretcher
G50N TIL there’s a experimental project in Stockholm, Sweden where you can sign up to recieve a SMS if there is a cardiac arrest nearby (500 m), so you can get there before the ambulance and perform CPR. 9500 people have signed up, and they reach the location faster in 54% of the cases yo.
eXDb TIL “Sally sells seashells by the sea shore” is based on the real life of Mary Anning, who dug up fossils to sell to tourists at the beach in the 1800s to help her poor family. She discovered several intact dinosaur skeletons, including findings that contributed to the eventual theory of evolution.