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TIL Mexican scientists turned a shot of tequila into diamonds by heating it to 800˚C

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89dX TIL Michelangelo’s sculpture of Mary carrying Jesus after the crucifixion was severely damaged by insane geologist, Laszlo Toth, who attacked it with a hammer, screaming “I AM JESUS CHRIST”. Meanwhile, onlookers took many of the pieces of marble that flew off.
dD40Z TIL Dr Stewart Adams OBE, who led the team at Boots the Chemists which discovered Ibuprofen, tested the drug on his own hangover.
n6AB TIL a man in India took up odd part-time jobs so he could donate all his savings and regular income to those in need, every month for 30 years. After he retired as a librarian, he even donated his pension.
7GxP TIL that the FBI once ran a child pornography site in an attempt to identify pedophiles
QNKg9 TIL there's no town Sweet Home, Alabama, but there is a Sweet Home, Oregon