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TIL it rains diamonds on Neptune and Uranus

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PNDE TIL the Lifeline pendants, from the “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” commercials, had to be redesigned after they killed several people.
kJ77e TIL golfer LPGA founder Patty Berg won 15 majors and was also a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve during World War II, and, as a teen, played quarterback—and was the only girl—on the 50th Street Tigers football team in Minneapolis
rPNe TIL that the alien language featured in Futurama was completely deciphered by fans only a few hours after the pilot episode finished airing
nWGbY TIL about Monjeríos, where Indigenous girls in colonial California were forced to live in terrible conditions, abused, and even had their husbands chosen by priests.
JkPV TIL there is a rare blood group known as ‘h/h’ or ‘Oh’ which was first discovered in 1952 at Bombay, India, hence christening another name ‘Bombay Blood Group’. This blood is so rare that only 4 in a million would have it globally; however, every 1 in 10,000 have it in Bombay.