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TIL… that on Saturn and Jupiter it literally rains diamonds

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7MPZ TIL that a secret soviet intelligence agent is primarily responsible for thwarting Operation Long Jump, concocted by Adolf Hitler, which was an attempt to assassinate Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt at the Tehran conference in 1943. This might be responsible for saving the world.
b68BE TIL that Erranatti Mangamma became a mother of two twins at 73 years old and holds the record for having given birth at the highest age
wLQGP TIL every year approximately 6 humans are killed by sharks, and about 100 million sharks are killed by humans
MZdV TIL at least seven peaks in Utah are called ‘Mollies Nipple’ - and at least some of those names are attributed to John Kitchen, a pioneer who named them to commemorate a nipple of his wife.
NX7NN TIL about Operation ABSCAM, which was a FBI sting operation carried out in 1980 to trap corrupt politicians. Which included a senator and six congressmen