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57 years and one day ago, the Soviet probe Venera 6 traversed the clouds of Venus for 51 minutes and stopped transmitting 10 km from the surface because the pressure of 60 bar and the heat of 320 degrees Celsius crushed its hull, and no space agency has managed to replicate the feat to this day.

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57 years and one day ago, the Soviet probe Venera 6 traversed the clouds of Venus for 51 minutes and stopped transmitting 10 km from the surface because the pressure of 60 bar and the heat of 320 degrees Celsius crushed its hull, and no space agency has managed to replicate the feat to this day.

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u/WebPage_Error404 — 3 days ago

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The Progressive (March 30, 2026): "A New History, and Pre-History, of Rightwing Media: A.J. Bauer’s new book ["Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press"] takes a long view of conservative ire toward the mainstream press."

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u/SocialDemocracies — 5 days ago