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TIL that the universe's largest diamond is found on the white dwarf BPM 37093, which core crystallized turning it mostly into a diamond. The diamond is 10 billion trillion trillion carats, which made scientists give it the nickname Lucy after the iconic Beatles song " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".

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X04RD TIL that the famous James Bond theme (first heard in 1962 in Dr. No) was source of a long running dispute between John Barry and Monty Norman. Norman had originally written a song for a musical adaptation of V. S. Naipaul's novel A House for Mr Biswas which was the inspiration.
BKvL TIL that in China, a total of 55 crimes are punishable by death. Included in the list is everything from treason, robbery, rape, and cowardice.
neY8G TIL Alexander Twilight was the nation's first African American to earn a bachelor's degree from an American College.
16By8 TIL that in the 2000s there was a case of conjoined triplets, diagnosed at 22 weeks. The mother terminated the pregnancy.
oV1r TIL Neither Stalin nor Hitler have the title of worst genocide ever. Mao Zedong, of China, killed an estimated 63 million