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TIL the largest red diamond in the world (the rarest color) was not found by miners but by a farmer. It weighs one gram and sold for eight million dollars.

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e06b TIL that when a mother wrote to Marvel that her deaf 4yo son won’t wear his hearing aid on account that superheroes don’t have to, Marvel replied with a custom comic in which Hawkeye is deaf, and uses hearing aids.
J1npB TIL 10-20% of the world's population have allergies to cats or dogs. Even other animals, such as rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, ferrets and horses, can cause allergy symptoms.
b6Rv9 TIL one of the owners of the Arm & Hammer baking soda brand was businessman Armand Hammer. The brand was created 30 years before Hammer was born.
VW5D TIL that the Sahara Desert Ant is able to form a direct route back to its nest after foraging by adding and subtracting the vectors of its path in its head, thereby creating a short and distinct return path.
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