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TIL that a 6-ton night pearl worth 2.2 billion yuan (331 million US dollars) was discovered in Northern China's Inner Mongolia. It is mainly composed of a fluorite mineral and emits translucent crystal ray in the darkness.

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R57R9 TIL amphetamine abuse originally became prolific due to its use as a decongestive inhalant in the 1930’s
Z8EPB TIL over 150 bison live on an island off the coast of California. Originally 14 of them were transported to the island in 1924 for a silent film and were then left there by the production crew where they flourished.
wLZY7 TIL - An 11 year old girl in Nova Scotia, when told she couldn't swim in her local river, initiated testing of the river for fecal contaminants. After the samples tested above allowable limits, three levels of government committed $15 million to install 600 septic tanks along the river.
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8e10L TIL that bubble wrap was the result of a failed experiment to create textured wallpaper and was never intended to be a protective wrapping/packaging.