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TIL: A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Venus also rotates in the opposite direction (retrograde) compared to most other planets.

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VM4J4 TIL that one part of Operation Anadyr, the Soviet Deception plan preceding the Cuban Missile Crisis, involved giving Cuban exiles in the USA correct information on the shipment of nukes and missiles, guessing (correctly) that the CIA would perceive them as lies to encourage an invasion.
o7XE TIL: If you use tonic water to make Jello-O, it will glow under a black light.
kGe1 TIL Lawrence of Rome was sentenced to die by being roasted alive. After a while of being seared over burning coals, he told the executioners “turn me over, I’m well done on this side.” Today he is the patron saint of cooks and chefs in the Catholic Church.
X0vdQ TIL that you have to have proper authorization to press the x-ray button at the dentists. If you don't have any authorization and you press the button, there's an extremely likely chance that you get fired.
jNgyp TIL: Homo Erectus lived for much longer than even our current species. H. Erectus was around for about 2 million years before being wiped out, H. Sapiens have only been around for about 200,000 years.