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Did you know is a section taking interesting facts from articles that meet DYK requirements. To list a new fact, make a suggestion on the talk page.

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From a collection of Wikipedia's articles: ... that Venus (pictured) is the hottest planet in the Solar System despite being second from the Sun at an average of 480 °C (896.0 °F)? ... that Guillermo Lasso is the first Ecuadorian president to use muerte cruzada which dissolved the National Assembly to avoid his impeachment? ... that more people died due to World War II than any other war in history at around 73 million? ... that while Orrin Hatch was the U.S. Senator from Utah, he earned USD $10,000 for writing songs for the LDS Church? ... that desert kites were probably used for hunting? ... that in August 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dropped 800 pounds of human waste into the Chicago River and onto people on a boat below?

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