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PPDn TIL the saying ‘Diamonds are Forever’ is pure marketing: after the South African diamond rush, the value of the diamond should have plummeted if not for the Oppenheimer family managing to convince the world that diamonds have always been associated with love.
ARkw TIL an uncontacted tribe still inhabits an island in the Indian Ocean, living as simple hunter-gatherers. They are vigorously hostile to outsiders, and have not yet developed early technologies such as agriculture or writing.
N7NZJ TIL the line "I think it's across the bay, in Alameda" in Star Trek IV was ad-libbed by an extra. Studio had to get her to join the Actor Guild so they could keep the spontaneous line in the movie.
PYDRL TIL that Washington’s first love was the wife of one of his best friends
9YOQr TIL that Plymouth, the capital of the island country Montserrat, has 0 inhabitants. It was built near a volcano which erupted in 1997, substantially burning the town and burying it in ashes. The town was evacuated, but remains the de jure capital, making it the ony ghost-town capital in the world.