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TiL Any polar bear found in Iceland is to be killed on site

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8eklZ TIL The Ashoka Diamond, named after Ashoka the Great (a 3rd-century Indian emperor), is a breathtaking 41.37-carat D-flawless diamond of extraordinary cut. Harry Winston sold it to Mexican actress María Félix, and it was eventually sold at Sotheby's in 1988 for $3.85 million and never seen again.
xL8w TIL the Marines use a non-lethal heat beam to ward off people “causing a feeling similar to being on fire”
lorlB TIL about Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest (DHCA), wherein patients are deliberately put into hypothermia as low as 20C (68F) thereby stopping all heart and brain function in order to increase survival time on reduced oxygen, while making delicate surgeries easier.
mx9BR TIL that, unlike ants, termites have a King AND Queen of their colonies. This is because, also unlike ants, males survive after mating and spend the rest of their lives paired with their mated female.
gMgD4 TIL that the most famous picture of Audrey Hepburn was taken in a lunch-break during the filming of War and Peace (1956).