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TIL a Swiss Jeweler created a $68 million ring made entirely out of diamond

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l7DPN TIL - Of Fox tossing, a blood sport popular in 18th & 17th century Europe where people would compete to sling a fox or other small animal into the air. This was usually fatal for the fox.
ZMxQ TIL Alan Turing, the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, committed suicide after being chemically castrated for being a homosexual.
Egmxw TIL back in 2017 a restaurant in West Hollywood, CA called Fat Sal's changed over for 2 days to a "McDowell's Golden Arcs" from Coming to America - serving the Big Mick, Sexual Chocolate Shake and Zmunda fries.
mmrO TIL in India pre-pubescent girls from lower (untouchable) castes are dedicated to a life of prostitution through a religious sex trade system.
wLm18 TIL that blue M&Ms didn't exist until 1995, when a poll was held to replace the tan shade of M&M that was deemed redundant in addition to the brown M&M. Of pink, blue, and purple, blue won.