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TIL There is evidence of seas of liquid diamond on Neptune.

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69YRZ TIL at the beginning of WWII some 2,500 generals served in the German armed forces. Many would wear their brightly colored and highly identifiable uniforms and vehicle insignia. This increased “personal battlefield lethality” and was a significant factor in debilitating the German war machine.
JYjY4 TIL when the Bulgarian monarch died at 49 during WW2, his 6-year-old son Simeon became the leader. Shortly after, 97% of Bulgaria voted to end the monarchy in favor of a democracy. In 2005, 64-year-old Simeon ran for Prime Minister of Bulgaria and won, making him the country's leader again.
xVeE0 TIL Nolan Ryan is the only pitcher to have struck out 7 pairs of fathers and sons
epe16 TIL Harry R. Truman (not the former president) died in the lodge that he built, where he met his wife, with his 16 cats in the aftermath of the Mt. St. Helen's eruption on May 18, 1980
VMZBB TIL T-Rex didn't roar, but it instead made a much more ominous deep, rumbling sound that it could produce without even opening it's mouth.