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TIL that there are ‘rainbow mountains’ in China, where the layers of rock are so vividly colored due to mineral deposits that they look like a painting.

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rR7k1 TIL comedian Joey Diaz kidnapped a man and stole 2 kilos of cocaine from him in 1987. He was arrested for it and sentenced to prison but in 2019 that man went to a Joey Diaz show after they corresponded for 5 years and Diaz apologized for his actions.
eXmL TIL that an Indian girl invented a bicycle without pedals that can travel 60km on 10kg of compressed air.
vP5rL TIL That a small cloud (1 Cubic Kilometer) weighs about 1.1 million lbs!
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