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TIL that Vast volcanic eruptions may have turned Venus from paradise into hell. Venus is a victim of a runaway greenhouse effect

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vwk7 TIL Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murder who killed 77 people in 2011, threatened to go on a hunger strike in prison last year if the government did not upgrade his PS2 to a PS3.
PYAXJ TIL Ariana Grande's family owns the company that developed the first reliable marine communications system. It was adopted by the US Military and proved to be virtually indestructible. In 1994, this telephone system was found aboard the WWII Liberty Ship the SS Brown in perfect working order.
awGaZ TIL of Bobbie the Wonder Dog, who walked 2,551 miles (4,105 km) on his own, to return home to Silverton, Oregon after he was lost while his owners were visiting family in Wolcott, Indiana.
KYYr9 TIL that in 1893 financier J.P. Morgan and the Rothschilds bailed out the U.S. Treasury with 3.5 million ounces of gold, saving it from default. Over 100 years later, Morgan's bank was bailed out by the federal government during the 2008 financial crisis.
mDAx TIL that Frank Sinatra carried a roll of dimes until the day he died, and was buried with a roll of dimes because he was scared of running out of change when talking to his son’s kidnappers on the pay phone.