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TIL that technically a diamond will not last forever; given enough time, a diamond will decay into graphite

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oBLY7 TIL that the crinoline was a large wire cage worn around the waist of Victorian Era women that created a large hoop that was considered stylish at the time. Many died because of this fad for the their cumbersome nature, knocking over lamps or candles that ignited their flammable dresses.
EgdGo TIL Panther is not a single species but is a term that is most often used to describe a black jaguar or a black leopard.
Gb61 TIL that colic does not mean the baby is fussy or just cries a lot. A baby with colic will cry for at least three hours straight, for more than three days a week, for three weeks in a row. No one is sure of the cause
epmJk TIL Timothy Olyphant is a direct descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, a business magnate in the 1800s credited as being one of the wealthiest Americans to ever live.
X0EaD TIL that the Guinness World Records title for the most children delivered at a single birth to survive is held by nonuplets from Mali. There are only two other recorded cases of nonuplets in the world ever, in Australia (1971) and in Malaysia (1999), which all the babies died.