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TIL Although Mercury is closest to the sun, it is not the hottest planet in our solar system. Venus is hotter due its atmosphere trapping the heat.

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X0vPr TIL In February 1985, Ugo Vetere, the mayor of Rome, and Chedly Klibi, the mayor of Carthage signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began.
woPg6 TIL that both Johnny 5 from Short Circuit and Frank the Pug from Men In Black were both voiced by the same person, voice actor and pupeteer Tim Blaney.
VbXQ TIL The “Dog Days of Summer” meaning comes from the dog star Sirius, and that the star would rise just before the sun mid-summer (the hottest days of the year)
VMKZZ TIL Shrek was originally given a thick Canadian accent by actor Mike Meyers. However, after animation had begun and the dialogue almost finished, Meyers decided the character would be better portrayed with a Scottish accent. The film had to be re-animated and cost over $4 million
1Ldr TIL For 37 years the Supreme Court did not consider movies to be protected under the 1st amendment because “they may be used for evil”.