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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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5YKep TIL The song 'Glycerine' by the band Bush was written about Gavin Rossdale's relationship with his girlfriend at the time, a model named Jasmine Lewis. The title comes from the explosive applications of glycerine to stabilize nitro. Rossdale said the song was about how love was like a bomb.
KO7Ja TIL Chris Kattan broke his neck in 2001 while doing a sketch on Saturday Night Live
OoVQ1 TIL Ravens can recognize the faces of people who have treated them unfairly and tend to avoid those people for at least a month
p8gN4 TIL In the original Jekyll and Hyde novella, a 3rd party (Gabriel Utterson) is the protagonist and the story is told from his point of view.
gMxmD TIL the English Language Day at the UN is on the same day as Spanish Language Day at the UN.