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TIL chocolate has caffeine in it

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R7mO9 TIL about Precordial Catch Syndrome (AKA Texidor's Twinge), which is when someone gets a sharp stabbing pain in the side of their chest for a few moments, then it disappears with no lasting effects. Why this happens is unclear
JYVOl TIL that 84% of the world’s rough diamonds and 50% of the world’s polished diamonds pass through the Belgian city of Antwerp, which houses 4 diamond exchanges and over 1700 registered diamond traders in an area of less than one square mile
aWLZ TIL The Highest Birthrate of twins in the world, is the town a Nazi scientist fled to after the war. His specific area of study, was twins.
15o8 TIL that Johnny Knoxville has to use a catheter 2x a day to prevent scar tissue from building up in his penis because of all the penis-punishing pranks he’s done
woJdW TIL that The Diomede Islands are only 2.4 miles apart but are in different calendar days due to the International Date Line, 21 hours apart. The Big Diomede (part of Russia), is almost a full day ahead of the eastern island, Little Diomede (part of the USA).