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TIL that it rains diamonds on Uranus

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0dR0y TIL Rugby was once an Olympic sport. The USA won the gold medal at the Olympics of 1920, and again at the Olympics of 1924. The UK, where the game was invented, never won.
QJPEE TIL in 2001, a man wrestled a 7-foot bull shark to save his nephew's severed arm, which was later successfully sewn back on in a hospital.
wxx7 TIL the towns from “Ghost Whisperer”, “Gremlins”, “Bruce Almighty”, “Back To The Future”, “Falling Skies”, and the first episode of “The Twilight Zone” (and many more) are all the same set, which is known as “Courthouse Square”
69WJ7 TIL anyone in the world, any age, can receive a personalized letter from Santa Claus in Canada for free if they write him and mail the letter to: Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada. Schools classrooms can get a poster sized letter with all students name on it too.
VBALQ TIL that — through the lens of modern data analytics — a simple voice recording can yield thousands of speech parameters that may reveal a user’s biometric identity, body shape, personality traits, mental & physical health, emotions, drug habits, geographical origin, and socioeconomic status.