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TIL - Venus is the only planet that doesn't spin counterclockwise

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lQ8r TIL Bob Ross painted a grayscale landscape after meeting a colorblind man who thought he would never be able to paint
oRlvK TIL Thomas F Wilson, who played Biff in Back to The Future, shared an apartment with Andrew Dice Clay and Yakov Smirnoff before his big break.
QY7e TIL that George Washington originally declined a presidential salary however he ultimately accepted the payment to avoid setting a precedent whereby the presidency would be perceived as limited only to independently wealthy individuals who could serve without any salary.
e0l8J TIL Dogs look at owners while they poop because they know they are vulnerable and want you to warn/protect them if there is trouble!
dbwB TIL the CIA rigged the 1958 Nobel Prize selection for literature by buying thousands of copies of “Doctor Zhivago” in Europe. The CIA also printed pocket copies of the book and distributed them to Soviet tourists in the West.