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TIL: You can Grow a Black Diamond from a Dogs Ashes

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nXRb TIL that Great Britian still owes 30 Hawker Hurricanes to Latvia. Latvia ordered and paid for them before the 2nd World War.
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p0Z4 TIL In 1888 Alfred Nobel’s brother died, but a newspaper published his obituary instead. It condemned him for inventing dynamite and stated, “The merchant of death is dead.” Alfred was so disappointed with what he read that he used his wealth to celebrate humanity and created the Nobel Prize.
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