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TIL that 2-month salary rule for engagement rings is a marketing ploy designed by De Beers diamond cartel

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0QLy TIL the longest recorded field goals in college football (69 yards) and high school football (68 yards) are each longer than the NFL’s professional record (64 yards).
w7gP TIL that in early feudal Japan there was a class of female Samurai called Onna-Bugeisha who commonly engaged in battle alongside the men and were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war.
8JJV TIL that a neutron star is so dense that if an object was dropped from one meter above the star’s surface, it would hit the surface at a speed of 7.2 million km per hour
GA9kE TIL that Meriwether Lewis suffered bouts of depression and probably committed suicide only a few years after completing the famous Lewis and Clark expedition.
R7vN1 TIL about Valor 1 and Valor 2. Two male bald eagles that shared a nest and a partner and have successfully raised eaglets after their partner left.