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TIL Rubies and Sapphire are Gem Varieties of the Same Mineral Corundum.

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nVld TIL People implant magnets in their fingertips to augment their senses and detect electromagnetic fields.
XEGjE TIL, In 2014, "Buffalo" Bill Hillman co-authored the book "Fiesta: How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona" Also in that year, he was gored in the thigh twice while running from the bulls in the festival in Pamplona, Spain.
16bP8 TIL the indigenous pre-Columbian Muisca society of the Bogota valley had an egalitarian society that were so prosperous to the point they would create large, intricate gold objects and throw it into a lake as an offering to the gods.
neM1d TIL NFL players pee "all over the sideline in every game, into cups, on the ground, in towels, behind the bench, in their pants, everywhere"
e0WaE TIL about Andy Grant, a Royal Marine and Liverpool FC fan, whose "You'll never walk alone" tattoo read "You'll never walk" after an amputation from standing on a mine while serving in Afghanistan.