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TIL that Venus, despite not being the closest planet to the sun, is the hottest.

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preb TIL that not only has there never been a better rocket than the Saturn V (built in 1967), but that today’s engineers can’t even recreate it.
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M7VPA TIL the average human typically creates about 6,000 thoughts per day. It's estimated that about 70-80% of these thoughts are negative, leaving the average person feeling mental fatigue and anxiety more often than not.
6EvBl TIL that Charondas, a Greek legislator, created a law that anyone who brought weapons into the Assembly must be put to death. He entered the Assembly with his sword still attached, and proceeded to kill himself to carry out the law he himself created.
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