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TIL Yokozuna was not Japanese but Samoan

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GYAMj TIL more Mexicans leaving than coming to the U.S.
m145x TIL The discovery of a mummy in a golden coffin in Pakistan in 2000 caused a diplomatic incident between Iran, Pakistan and the taliban who claimed ownership of "the persian princess". A Pakistani scientist determined that the woman died getting hit by a car and a rug in her coffin was made in 1996
lVvr TIL that the United States is one of only 8 countries experiencing an increase in maternal deaths due to complications of childbirth: the rate has more than doubled in the last 30 years.
wLmyo TIL there’s a man who makes his living off scouring the streets and sidewalks of New York’s diamond district for mini diamonds that are dropped during transport
NMaP TIL that during a dissection of a mother tiger shark, a scientist was reaching into the birth canal and was bitten by a tiger shark embryo, which are notoriously cannibalistic. This is the only recorded instance where someone was bitten by an unborn animal.