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TIL two separate Mongol invasions of Japan were ended by typhoons that saved Japan from almost certain defeat.

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We8B TIL that diamonds are not forever because they are less thermodynamically stable than graphite, so over time (likely billions of years) all diamonds will eventually become graphite.
8wgb TIL Rand Paul is proposing a constitutional amendment stating Congress shall make no law applicable to a citizen of the United States that is not equally applicable to Congress.
E1YpW TIL the footage of Scranton, PA in the opening credits of The Office was shot by John Krasinski (Jim)
XEYWX TIL that John Bonham regularly had a blood-alcohol concentration level of 0.34
9RZ7 TIL that the Mars company does not approve of people deep frying their chocolate bars because “it does not fit the company’s promotion of healthy living”.