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TIL There are enough diamonds in existence to give everyone on the planet a cupful.

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e0ErE TIL in 2017 Glastonbury Festival had to add pineapples to their list of contraband following the success of Glass Animals and their song Pork Soda, which contained the lyric "Pineapples are in my head" and caused fans to bring the fruit to live performances en masse
paXb TIL in WWII, a dog named Gander fended off two Japanese ambushes. When they came back again, with a grenade this time, Gander picked it up and charged back at them, killing more Japanese, saving his wounded team, going out in a blaze of glory and earning a posthumous medal.
woXDM TIL about Hagfish - They have a skull & no spine, no jaws & teeth on its tongue. It's unknown how they reproduce or how to tell one's age. They secrete a fiber reinforced 'slime' that researchers hope may innovate many future materials. In 300m years they have only evolved by losing their eyesight.
rQEe TIL that founding father and propagandist of the American Revolution Thomas Paine wrote a book called ‘The Age of Reason’ arguing against Christianity. He went from a revolutionary hero to reviled, 6 people attended his funeral and 100 years later Teddy Roosevelt called him a “filthy little atheist”
ZKMa TIL there’s a man who uses his hands and feet to climb rocks, buildings, and 100-foot walls like a monkey – and it started with a suicide attempt.