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

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ZGav TIL a girl sacrificed her life in the 2011 Tohono tsunami to warn people of the oncoming tsunami and saved 10,000 peoples’ lives
Wkla9 TIL that we are further away from the movie Apollo 13 (1995) than the movie was from the actual event (1970).
ADr4l TIL that Kanye West was an accomplished visual artist who had studied internationally at various universities by age 17. He was granted a scholarship to study at Chicago’s American Academy of Art, where he planned to obtain a bachelor’s degree and pursue music production on the side.
Z870D TIL before the age of alarm clocks, there was a job known as the “knocker up” where a man would tap on someones window with a long pole until they were awake. Often factories would hire men to ensure they made it to the knocker up position on time.
VBXQ8 TIL Tortoise shells aren't just for protection. The shells are connected directly into the tortoise's nervous system. These nerves give the shell the ability to transmit both pleasure and pain sensations.