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TIL all tortoises are actually turtles and calling a tortoise a turtle is not wrong.

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DQdVr TIL about a star called BPM 37093, also known as the "Crystal Star". Located 50 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, it's essentially a giant diamond of 10 billion trillion trillion carats
lobm1 TIL of the Mountjoy prison escape in Ireland where three IRA men escaped the prison in a hijacked helicopter
a8xkL TIL There is a Mineral called Lonsdaleite which is 58% harder than conventional Diamonds
0wL1M TIL that many critics and audience members felt that the horrific wounds inflicted by the M2 .50-cal. heavy machine gun in Rambo (2008) were so gory that it was unrealistic. However, Afghanistan veterans who had used the M2 noted that the wounds were quite accurate, and if anything were toned down
7rwyZ TIL that in China, brains from live monkeys were eaten as part of a great feast.