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TIL that Zambia produces the most emeralds in the world. Between 2016 and 2020, the country produced 129,400 kilograms of emerald gemstones. Emeralds from Zambia have grown in popularity due to their level of clarity, the depth of their color, and their tendency to be stronger than other emeralds

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oRVoK TIL that Harriet, a 176-year-old Galapgos tortoise, reportedly belonged to both Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin.
7rMbp TIL when Joseph Stalin's first wife died, he was so overcome with grief he threw himself into her grave during the funeral. Later, secret policemen arrived at the funeral, looking for Stalin (at the time a wanted fugitive); he was forced to flee the service early by jumping the graveyard's fence.
JYkVl TIL of "Sputnikfest" an annual celebration held in the city of Manitowoc, WI where people dress up as aliens and science fiction characters to commemorate a 20lb piece of a Russian satellite crashing down in the city back in 1962
GYgY1 TIL in 1984, Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars was so depressed he unsuccessfully tried to drown himself in the ocean and woke up the next morning believing that he was a ghost
awVb TIL U.S. President Lyndon Johnson stood over people so close, they would bend backward. This is known as the Johnson treatment.