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TIL A Barbie with a real pink diamond choker sold for $302,500 in a New York auction

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E1n47 TIL over a third of the land in New Zealand is a protected National Park.
KYZ79 TIL lighting a candle produces soot and can increase a room's particulate matter concentration 5-fold and when inhaled by individuals, can cause cardiopulmonary problems
PYE1w TIL babies open their eyes in the womb at about 28 weeks. After that, twins are likely to touch each others’ faces or hold hands.
N7ZyJ TIL of the 250 plutonium-powered pacemakers Medtronic manufactured, 22 were still in service more than 25 years later, a feat that no battery-powered pacemaker could achieve
GARQ7 TIL the original name for a zipper was "hookless fastener." The original patent for "Zipper" ONLY referred to a specific type of boots that utilized the hookless fastener.