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TIL on the planet Venus, it snows metal including Lead and Bismuth

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mxl9x TIL that Japan has blue traffic lights in some areas because historically the Japanese used the same word for green and blue.
lo5yN TIL the first SMS text message was sent 27 years ago in December 1992 and simply said “Merry Christmas “
XxGr TIL that prior to 2013, the first in line for the United Kingdom throne was the oldest son, even if he had an older sister. Now the heir is the eldest child, regardless of their gender.
nWB9Y TIL about Đorđe Martinović a Serb farmer from Kosovo who was at the center of a notorious incident in May 1985, when he was treated for injuries caused by the insertion of a bottle into his anus. The Martinović affair, as it became known, turned into a cause célèbre in Yugoslav politics.