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TIL A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus

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b954Q TIL that "daddy long legs" are not spiders. They are called Harvestmen, or Opiliones, and they are more closely related to mites.
xVYd7 TIL: During WWII, the Germans developed the first select fire rifle: the StG44. However, automatic fire was ineffective so German soldiers were directed to only fire the weapon in semi-automatic, except in emergencies.
nm5Y TIL that The Flash travelled back in time, became a form of pure energy, and was the very bolt of lightning that gave him powers in the first place.
wJjP TIL that according to Elon Musk, Top Gear completely faked their segment on Tesla and had in fact scripted the “breakdown” after which they pretended the car had to be pushed back to the garage before even receiving the car
yRQv TIL that the famous New York City tourist attraction, Wall St.’s Charging Bull, cost $360,000 to build, was placed illegally in the middle of the night in 1989 after a stock market crash, was impounded, only to be returned to the streets due to public outcry