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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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Z8W0p TIL The first Western abstract artist is considered to be Hilma af Klint, but although she started in 1906, she was only recognised in the 80s. In 1970 her paintings had been offered as a gift to Stockholm's Museum of Modern Art, but they didn't want them.
KOgO6 TIL in 2013, a prisoner in Sweden escaped “because he had a toothache and wanted to go to the dentist.” He broke out prison, visited the dentist, and turned himself back in where he received an extra day to his month-long sentence as punishment.
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pYl8p TIL that one night in 1968, a severely-intoxicated Jim Morrison crashed a jam session between Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin by grabbing her by the hair and slamming her to the ground. In response, Janis broke a bottle over his head, and the three wrestled on stage. All three would be dead by 1971.
QmDa TIL El Paso is closer to San Diego (636 mi) than it is to Houston (677 mi).