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TIL that it rains diamonds on Uranus and Neptune.

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Oo816 TIL that, because male chickens don't lay eggs, approximately 7 billion day-old male chicks are killed by the poultry industry annually; one of the recommended methods is live "maceration" (being thrown into a high speed grinder)
6Xrw TIL between 1939 and 1989 in Spain about 300,000 new-born babies have been stolen in hospitals by a child trafficking network of doctors, nurses, priests and nuns. They just told the natural parents that their child had died.
x4Dg TIL that 5.5 million people died in a famine under British rule in India. Around the same time, Lord Lytton, the Vice Roy of India was engaged in a fabulous celebration with over 60 000 guests to be wined and fed for the coronation of Queen Victoria as the Empress of India.
Y7D1d TIL that "Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond" is the first and currently only video game to win an Oscar. It won it in 2021 for "Colette", a short WWII documentary included in the game
ANrPx TIL Gino Bartali was a multiple pre WW2 Grand Tour winner and almost gave up cycling after his brother died whilst racing. During the war he used his fame and prestige to aid Jewish families elude capture. The BBC attributes him as saying "Some medals are made to hang on the soul, not the jacket."