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

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W7wDN TIL 95% of built spaces are considered Vernacular architecture. Vernacular architecture uses local tradition, adaption, and materials rather than a formal architectural style.
rRNZM TIL in 1997 Vladimir Markov, a tiger poacher managed to shoot and wound a tiger and steal it's recent kill, but the tiger escaped. The tiger later found Markov's hunting cabin. He wasn't home, so the tiger tore the place up and waited. When Markov came home he was attacked and killed, but not eaten.
4k4Mg TIL actor Matt Doherty, who played Les Averman in the Mighty Ducks films, didn't know how to skate or play hockey at all when he was cast in the first movie. By the time they shot the 3rd movie, he was captain of his high school hockey team and had been offered a scholarship to play in college.
w9lP TIL that East St. Louis has a higher murder rate than Honduras, the country with the highest murder rate in the world
XBQj TIL if an artist donates a work of their own, they are only allowed to claim tax deductions on the cost of the materials rather than the fair market value of that work.