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TIL Cremated remains can be compressed into diamonds. They’ve created up to 9 diamonds from a single person’s remains.

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BrpxK TIL of the "Tree of Life" in Bahrain: an isolated 400-year-old mesquite tree in the middle of the desert sustaining itself from an unknown water source
loV85 TIL about Jules Chéret father of the modern poster printing leading the birth of the industrialised harvesting of attention.
X7wR TIL In the 1800s moms were disguised as chairs and curtains so they could hold their children still during the exposure. These are now called the ‘hidden mother’ photos.
8LGZ TIL that from 1985-2005, LAPD shot at more than 465 dogs, killing at least 200 and wounding at least 140. From 1990-2005, NYPD officers officers had shot at 803 dogs.
Egvw TIL the Catholic Church owns a media company that publishes pornography and erotica