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TIL that scientists believe it might rain diamonds on Neptune

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p8eKp TIL that while colored diamonds get their color from chemical impurities absorbing light- such as yellow diamonds containing nitrogen and blue diamonds containing boron- pink diamonds have no traces of impurities, thus baffling scientists and geologists as to how they have a pink color.
p8r14 TIL That only 3 people have died in space. Russian astronauts: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov were all killed at the same time due to an undocking malfunction in 1971. Whilst there have been fatalities during take-off and re-entry, those 3 are the only to die IN space.
kJ6a7 TIL about the Barkley Marathon - a 55 mile race that retraces the path of escaped prisoner Jame Earl Ray (killed MLK). It has been run annually for over 30 years but only 15 entrants have ever finished.
jVMQ TIL Orville Redenbacher paid an advertising consultant $13,000 to to name his popcorn “Orville Redenbacher”.
9Y9Wp TIL that "Moon Trees" exist. They are the product of around 500 different seed types that were flown up to the moon and back aboard the Apollo 14 mission, then planted at various locations in the US and abroad.