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TIL Nearly half the world’s mined diamonds (by carats) are mined outside of Africa.

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epmLL TIL on July 20 1322, a woman named Clemencia Pentyn raised an alarm when she saw that her husband, John, was preparing to hang himself. A group of neighbours came to his rescue, which escalated to an altercation. The suicidal man survived, but ended up murdering one of his rescuers during the brawl
R7jk9 TIL the last name 'Fart' is the 2,921,133rd most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 169,468,245 people. The last name Fart occurs predominantly in Asia, where 47 percent of 'Farts' live; 44 percent live in West Asia and 44 percent live in Levant.
78vx TIL that Iranians are prohibited from wearing ties because they contribute to the spreading of western culture
5VLe9 TIL that trees can communicate with each other through a network of underground fungi, known as the "Wood Wide Web," to share nutrients, warn of dangers, and even support sick or dying trees.
jN0ap TIL that during WW2, a unit of the US Army called the 442nd Battalion(a unit made up almost entirely of Japanese Americans) scaled a <1000 foot cliff in complete darkness to launch a surprise attack on the Germans and break the Gothic Line.