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TIL It Rains Diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter

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x60D0 TIL the song "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees is about a young man being drafted and sent off to Vietnam, pleading with his girlfriend to have one last night with him before he's shipped out.
x6N0b TIL A well-publicized homicide can slash a home’s value by 15 to 25 percent. A house with a reported murder will likely take more of a price hit than one with a reported haunting
YQ1A TIL There is a Village in Japan named Fox Village and it is Full of Foxes that run around and play together.
kObw4 TIL: A bird native to Asia (Shrike) impales it’s prey before consuming it
9YdLp TIL of Pēteris Lapainis. A soldier who served in Russian imperial army, Soviet armed forces, Latvian army and German military. He fought in both world wars and received multiple high-ranking awards from each army he served. After second world war he spent 20 years in Soviet captivity.