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TIL Using lasers, Stanford scientists transformed hydrocarbon molecules in oil and natural gas into pure diamonds.

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WXm9 TIL Fifty Years Ago, the Transistor Radio Was the Hottest Gift For the Holiday Season
D1gZv TIL, in 1947, the FBI considered “It’s A Wonderful Life” to be Communist propaganda
dDeOB TIL Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from severe gastrointestinal issues. Which is why in the portraits he is holding his stomach .
7LgO TIL of BAHFest, a satirization of TED talks produced to demonstrate that you could use a bad ad-hoc hypothesis to demonstrate anything. Like why babies are designed to be catapulted.
ZkWQ TIL: If you’re 18-43, healthy and can stick a cotton swab in your mouth, you can join the National Bone Marrow Registry for free, and maybe, save a life.