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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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EgDaV TIL there is a firm sequence of adjectives in English that native speakers use but rarely know about. The order is opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose. For instance you would say “small red Japanese commuter car” not “commuter Japanese red small car”.
xVgrg TIL the Demon core, a fissile core that went supercritical twice in the 1940s causing the deaths of Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin.
kJpP5 TIL Operation Fantasia. Because a fox-shaped spirit is an omen of doom in Japanese folklore, the U.S. developed a psychological warfare campaign during WWII that included a plan to release foxes sprayed with glow-in-the-dark paint in Japan. It was never executed.
5Yd6Q TIL that Japanese vending machines are operated to dispense drinking water free of charge when the water supply gets cut off during a disaster.
Ayvo TIL where flight attendants and pilots sleep during long haul flights. Some large planes have a secret stairway and tiny bedrooms above the main cabin. The bedrooms typically have 6-10 beds, depending on the plane, a storage area and some are equipped with entertainment systems.