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TIL that there are no known creature on earth with an odd number of legs used for locomotion except kangaroo.

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OGBY TIL that Uranus and Neptune may literally rain diamonds, which then pile up miles-thick. And those are not the only diamonds being produced in space.
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wLeRP TIL that some medical devices have to be built from a diminishing amount of steel made before WWII, because all steel afterwards is contaminated with radiation.