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TIL It Rains Diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter

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eJ6E TIL that Penn Jillette from Penn and Teller painted his finger nails red as a joke in response to his mother telling him him to get a manicure because people would be looking at his hands, but always keeps one finger nail painted red in memory of his mother.
e01A4 TIL that Canada still has 91% of the forest cover that existed at the beginning of European settlement
7bkp TIL that 3 years after illegally joining the Marines at the age of 14, Jacklyn Lucas snuck onto a ship bound for Iwo Jima, stormed the beach without a rifle, and threw himself on top of two grenades to protect his team. He survived, and earned the Medal of Honor at the age of 17.
9wROM TIL that in 1953, Johnny Cash was a Morse code intercept operator, stationed in Germany, and was the first American to hear of Joseph Stalin’s death
d895d TIL the Kinabalu giant red leech (Mimobdella buettikoferi) is a large bright orange-red colored leech that is endemic to Borneo. It can grow to a length of over 50 cm (20 in). In the comments, this huge flesh-eating leech can be seen ingesting a giant earthworm like spaghetti.