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TIL that scientists have found a way to make diamonds out of high carbon peanut butter.

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m15wv TIL Dr. Bronner left Germany in 1929 fearing the rise of Nazis but his parents refused. His last contact with them was in the form of a censored postcard saying, "You were right. —Your loving father."
wLYGJ TIL The pristine white marble of the Taj Mahal is becoming disoloured thanks to a river which is now too dirty for the fish that used to keep the insects at bay, pollution from industry and a nearby oil refinery, and despite folk remedies of fullers earth mud packs. Current status in comments.
aw89L TIL the teeth of thousands of young men being killed on Europe’s battlefields were taken by scavengers and shipped back to England to be used as donor's teeth. This was seen as patriotic.
wLag8 TIL that Wolfgang Puck's famous Spago restaurant only got a B- from the Better Business Bureau because he wouldn't pay to join their membership.
N7ne1 TIL That Mad Max: Fury Road had filming moved from the Broken Hill region of NSW to Namibia after unusual rainfall caused the desert landscape to bloom with wild flowers.