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TIL that the world's largest diamond was discovered in South Africa, and it was shipped to England on a steamboat under heavy security. But it just was a diversion, beacause the real stone was sent in a plain box via post

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YlVr TIL A photo of a man stealing a wallet in a store was on the bottom of The Lewiston Tribune on December 14, 2007. Above it was an unrelated photo of a man painting a business. Readers noticed both men were wearing the same clothes. They were identified to be the same person leading to his arrest.
LQO7d TIL that a 1963 Television western series, "The Dakotas" (starring Jack Elam and Chad Everett), was cancelled almost overnight after viewers called in complaining about a scene in the most recent episode where a lawman murdered two outlaws in a church
lve1 TIL that John Wilkes Booth’s brother, Edwin Booth, saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert Lincoln.
m1ZkO TIL There is one coal powered commercial ship still operating in the US. It's a 71 year old ship used as a car and passenger ferry across Lake Michigan in summer.
VBpXk TIL in 1985 the Supreme Court ruled that Long Island is not an Island, but a Peninsula!