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WTF Fun Fact 13677 – A Day on Venus

A day on Venus is longer than a year. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13677 – A Day on Venus appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Vast volcanic eruptions may have…

Vast volcanic eruptions may have turned Venus from paradise (68 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit) into hell. The surface temperature is a sweltering 867 degrees Fahrenheit (464 degrees Celsius), hot enough to melt lead, and there’s a crushing pressure of 90 atmospheres underneath the dense clouds of carbon dioxide laced with corroding sulfuric acid. Venus is… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact 12783 – The Rotation of Venus

A day is longer than a year on Venus. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12783 – The Rotation of Venus appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

What American businessman and…

What American businessman and astronomer Percival Lowell mistakenly thought were “spokes” on the surface of Venus were actually shadows of the blood vessels in his eyes cast on his retina, his telescope essentially functioning as a giant ophthalmoscope. The post What American businessman and… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source

WTF Fun Fact – Google Maps Of Other Planets

There’s a Google Map for Mercury, Venus, Earth’s moon, Mars, Pluto, three out of four of Jupiter’s moons, and all … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Google Maps Of Other Planets appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source