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TIL There is a Mineral called Lonsdaleite which is 58% harder than conventional Diamonds

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5Gkr TIL a boat named the “Eastland” sank three years after the Titanic because of new laws which required more life boats. The boat became too top heavy and sank, killing over 800 people.
QJmZp TIL The peacock mantis shrimp has the hardest punch in the animal kingdom, relative to its small size. In fact, if humans were as strong as these miraculous creatures, a person could throw a baseball into the orbit of the Earth.
ADpal TIL that the first black millionaire was Madam C. J. Walker. She was the first in her family born into freedom, and made her money through developing hair and beauty products for black women.
NX5n1 TIL Hershey trademarked the color orange.
Qvep TIL That Macdonalds recycles the oil they use to cook as biofuel for (some of) their delivery trucks.