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

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Me9kb TIL that Dracula (1930) was also filmed in Spanish with a different cast and crew - and is considered by some to be better than the original
YV6B TIL of Allison Jenkins, who was convicted of felony murder of a police officer after the arresting police officer accidentally shot and killed his own partner
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