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TIL that a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.

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5YMGP TIL the singer of Midnight Oil, most famous for the song Beds are Burning, has served as Minister for School Education and Minister for the Environment of Australia
VM1l8 TIL The Western Fence Lizard's blood kills Lyme disease in Ticks that feed on them. The lizard is credited for the relatively low incidents of Lyme disease in the Western United States.
JPZv TIL that a 19th century surgeon once tried to amputate a patient’s leg in under 150 seconds. In his haste, he also amputated his assistant’s fingers and slashed through the coat of a spectator. Both the patient and the assistant died of gangrene, and the spectator dropped dead of fright.
m1rLR TIL a study found that two 3000-year-old artifacts (a bracelet & a hollow decorative sphere) in the Treasure of Villena were forged from iron from a meteor that struck Earth a million years ago. Most of the 66 items in the treasure are made of gold & silver. The trove's origin remains a mystery.
PY6rn TIL that Sweden imports more live crawfish from the US than any other country, and 90% of all crawfish produced in the US is grown in Louisiana.