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TIL gold on Earth came from colliding neutron stars

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dnWE TIL the Iron Sheik planned to kill the man who murdered his daughter by slitting his throat with a razor he snuck into court in his cheek. His family surrounded him and talked him out of it. Instead, as a tribute to his daughter, he quit drugs and got his life back on track.
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