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TIL That Chocolate Diamonds are almost worthless

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b9Ly9 TIL Memorial Day was started by freed slaves to honor soldiers who died during the civil war
yQJw8 TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.
x65o5 TIL about the Liking Gap. Most people underestimate how much other people actually like them.
QNnoX TIL The uncle of the Red Baron, Ferdinand von Richthofen, was a noted German traveler and geographer who is credited with coining the phrase "Silk Road” (Seidenstraßen) in 1877. He also helped standardized the practices of chorography and chorology.
VBwdm TIL about Seligmannite, a rare metallic mineral named in honor of Gustav Seligmann who was a mineral collector, amateur crystallographer, author, and banker.