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TIL The very high cost of Diamonds and the public perception as a symbol of romance, was a manufactured phenomenon to create profit for a conspiracy of diamond mining organisations

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jyPN TIL when men are told to “turn your head and cough”, the head turning does nothing. Doctors just don’t want to be coughed on.
6EN1Q TIL Rob Lowe, Charlie Sheen, Robert Downey Jr., and Sean Penn all went to school together
wo60E TIL Eating cold or light meals in the summer heat might seem like a good idea, but your body actually uses more energy to digest it! So it's better to have a full, hot meal!
0w6ej TIL: washing your hands with hand sanitizer in hospitals is contributing to the development of deadly superbugs (bacteria)
JY4Kj TIL that a cricket match took place between a team of one-armed men against a one-legged team. “After much incident” the match ended in a narrow victory for the one-armed.