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TIL It Rains Diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter

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a8OMJ TIL that the 2017 Japanese zombie comedy ‘One cut of the dead’, ( which was filmed as a one-shot feature), made box office history by earning over a thousand times its budget. It was made for the low budget of $25,000, and earned over $57 millions.
jN8QR TIL the term "Native American" is falling out of favor amongst indigenous Americans, in favor of indigenous Americans, American Indian, or the name of their own tribe.
V9vp Til: Zhou Youguang, the creator of the Chinese phonetic writing system (pinyin), is still alive at the age of 110
0XxN TIL in 2010 the last batch of anti-venom for one of the most venomous snakes in the world expired and will no longer be produced or available due to lack of profitability.
ZpwWo TIL that contrary to belief, arranged marriages weren't the norm in Ancient India. According to the Mahabharata, the parents of King Bharata (from whom India gets its co-official name) fell in love and married each other alone in a forest.