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TIL A day on Venus lasts longer than a year: It takes 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis. The planet’s orbit around the Sun takes 225 Earth days, compared to the Earth’s 365.

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oB5k7 TIL that the old seal of Zion, Illinois was adjudged illegal by the Supreme Court for containing the phrase "God reigns"
R59x9 TIL Rodin, the famed sculptor, didn’t actually sculpt in marble. He made sand models and his assistants, namely Camille Claudel, made the art we love.
M0QV TIL Animal shelters refuse to give away their black cats around Halloween due to fear of ritual sacrifices
BrpKk TIL Lithuania's Olympic basketball team was able to participate in the 1992 Games despite post-independence financial issues partly thanks to a sponsorship from the Grateful Dead. They returned home in tie dye uniforms with bronze medals.
xVBmg TIL: there is an engineering marvel in Norway. One huge platform stand on just one concrete column in the sea with 251 meters height! I just wonder how they built it till I watched this documentary about it.