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TIL Amazon women is not women of the Amazon (Brazil) but rather mythical tribes in Greek Mythology

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gMnw8 TIL that De Beers, the world's biggest diamonds company, started selling synthetic diamonds for the first time in its 130-year history. The manufacturing process has become so perfect that it has become difficult to tell the difference between synthetic and natural diamonds.
DQxDr TIL in 1993, in order to reduce the media attention and law enforcement pressure brought on by drive-by shootings, the Mexican Mafia prison gang in California declared they would kill any gang member sent to prison for a drive-by.
pGxG TIL that the voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse are married in real life.
aJ7A TIL deaf people usually sneeze silently, most sneezing sounds are cultural.
6oll TIL “the world has more than 50,000 edible plants, yet just three commodity crops—rice, maize, and wheat—provide 60 percent of the plant-derived calories we eat”