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TIL Johnny Cash’s famous song “A Boy Named Sue” was written by children’s author Shel Silverstein

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mwwO TIL diamonds aren’t rare; their demand is a marketing invention. In 1938 De Beers hired an ad agency who arbitrarily decided that a diamond engagement ring is worth 1 month’s salary. It worked so well they increased it to 2 months’ salary. De Beers carefully restricts supply to keep the prices high.
p5Wp TIL America has been at war for 222 out of 239 years of existence.
loYOV TIL that when we find out a presumed meteorite turns out to just be a normal rock, they are called "Meteorwrongs"
X09B8 Today I learned that 2013 aviation accident Mozambican airline LAM, on a flight from Maputo to Luanda, was caused by the pilot deliberately crashing the plane, resulting in the deaths of 30+ people. This led airlines to implement a policy preventing the copilot from ever being alone in the cockpit
xVy6o TIL captive bred Poison Dart Frogs are not toxic because of their diet.