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TIL that it snows metal on Venus

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R5vOj TIL This iconic picture taken during the Vietnam War in 1967 is actually an Australian Battalion heading back to their base, Nui Dat
0d1dp TIL that Chris Farley’s cousin is now the CEO of Ford
KOrQB TIL that "potter's field," a term synonymous with mass graves, has a Biblical origin. It refers to an extremely clay-rich parcel of land in Jerusalem, purchased with the 30 pieces of silver which Judas returned to the chief priests. Useless for farming, the land was used to bury strangers.
x6P07 TIL what the FDIC does when a bank fails. I figure it is relevant again.
kOEn7 There's an extremely rare metallic asteroid lurking between Mars and Jupiter, and it's worth more than the entire global economy. Now, the Hubble Space Telescope has given us a closer look at the object, which is worth an estimated $10,000 quadrillion. — that's a one followed by 19 zeroes.