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TIL that due to incredibly high pressure on Uranus and Neptune, it is theorized that oceans of liquid diamond exist on the surface of the planet, with solid “diamond-bergs” floating on the surface

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71QX TIL of Internet Hunting where a remote rifle is setup with a webcam so one can hunt animals over the internet. The practice was effectively banned in the US by 2008.
e0N5J TIL King Edward VII of England had a special sex chair made so that he could comfortably take part in threesomes at his favorite brothel in Paris. [NSFW].
yVP7e TIL about Cecilia Chiang, who changed America's opinions of Chinese food. Among other things, she taught Chinese cooking to Julia Child and James Beard.
OG5WX TIL that pizza was invented in Naples, Italy as an inexpensive food to be consumed quickly. It remained unknown outside of Naples until Italian immigrants brought it to the US in the early 20th Century, where it would take the country by storm after WW2.
5YN79 TIL about John Carpenter who called his father on the popular television show "Who wants to be a Millionaire" and told him that he was going to win the million dollars.