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

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wop8W TIL that if you have bell clapper deformity, your testicles hang in your scrotum and swing freely, like a clapper in a bell. This free-swinging can lead to testicular torsion, a painful condition in which your testicle twists and loses its blood supply, requiring emergency care.
eERJ TIL as many as 38% of rape victims are male.
9wKY7 TIL Genghis Khan adopted a policy of strategic marriages. He would marry off a daughter to the king of an allied nation. The king's other wives were dismissed. Then he would assign his new son-in-law to military duty in the Mongol wars, while the daughter took over the rule of the kingdom.
JYjWv TIL that Humphrey Bogart stood up for Lena Horne when her Hollywood neighbors tried to kick her out because she was black: "if anyone bothers you, please let me know"
X0pER TIL the blob of toothpaste on a toothbrush is called a nurdle and two toothpaste manufacturers have fought a lawsuit about it.