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TIL of diamond fluorescence which effects about 30% of diamonds and causes them to glow under UV light.

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QJN8a TIL that most Walmart shops allow anyone to use their parking lots at night for free
rRxQx TIL of “Vicarious Embarrassment”, a condition where an observer shares feelings of embarrassment or cringe when an involved party experiences such feelings.
m1r7M TIL While in school, Rod Sterling tested experimental parachutes for the Army. He even earned $1,000 testing a new ejection seat that had previously claimed three lives!
epk9D TIL about Leah Betts, a girl who made headlines after dying from taking a single ecstasy pill, did not die directly from the drug. Instead, she died from drinking 7 liters of water in 90 minutes. Ecstasy causes water retention, which can make even slightly high water consumption fatal.
166bV TIL of Edward Archbold who, in 2012, won a pet python in an eating contest, but died shortly after by choking to death. The contest involved eating live cockroaches, and Archbold died after his airway was obstructed by "arthropod body parts."