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TIL Diamonds are actually fairly common. The reason they are worth so much is because the DeBeers mining group withholds stock to artificially reduce supply.

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JYpom TIL 88 Years ago on 1st Mar, 1932 , 20-mon old son of Charles Lindbergh (who flew the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927) was kidnapped. Even Al Capone offered his help from prison. In the aftermath of the crime (baby found dead) kidnapping was finally made a federal offense in USA
yERX TIL that Teen Titans Go did a scene where they react to the original Teen Titans show and admit that it was way better.
4Gxg TIL that popcorn became the default movie goer snack during the great depression when vendors saw an opportunity to sell a cheap snack.
WkOKL TIL, the video game industry, is taking over the entertainment world. The global games market is estimated to generate $152.1 billion from 2.5 billion gamers. By comparison, the worldwide box office industry was worth $41.7 billion, while global music revenues reached $19.1 billion in 2018.
OGon7 TIL Charles Mason, of the famous Mason-Dixon line, was an accomplished astronomer who recorded the transit of Venus in 1761 and developed a Lunar Table in attempt to solve the Longitude Problem.