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TIL that diamonds aren’t all that rare and were manufactured into a romantic symbol by a company called Debeers in the early 1900’s. They own most of the diamond mines in the world and create their own supply and demand.

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XEWEQ TIL that the dust from Sahara Desert provides valuable phosphorous to the Amazon rainforest, allowing the latter to thrive.
we8J TIL that Belarus is the only country where Opera is the most used web browser
BrxlL TIL in 2006 a wine-tasting robot confirmed that human flesh tastes like pork (especially bacon)
RoD6 TIL that the first looping “roller coaster” was tested with sandbags, monkeys, flowers, eggs and glasses of water before allowing humans on.
eLjk TIL the Brazilian football player Sócrates, was a doctor of medicine, a degree he earned concurrently playing professional football. He was also noted for being an intellectual, a heavy drinker and a smoker.