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

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nWxWW TIL that bioluminescence in fireflies is nearly 100 percent efficient, meaning little energy is wasted to produce their light.
rR81W TIL autistic people will choose the economically disadvantageous option, if it coincides with their morality, even if it brings no social benefit
7xJM TIL During the first Gulf War the United States used bulldozers in an assault on entrenched Iraqi soldiers, burying between 80-250 people alive.
1nl8 TIL the real-life dog from the doge meme was rescued from a kill shelter after the puppy mill that bred her closed down. Some of the other dogs in the group were adopted, but most of them were killed.
jpDp TIL that when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, it only had about 25 seconds of fuel left.