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TIL The word unicorn is the in the king james bible 9 times

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MeDeK TIL: In 1911, Canadian prospector William Henry Wright and his brother-in-law were hunting rabbits when they stumbled upon a quartz outcrop that eventually yielded 13.5 million ounces of gold.
P1gYg TIL: 95% of Nevada, the driest State in the United States, is classified as a "cold desert climate"
bjOj TIL by using more pressure than found in earth’s core, scientists at Germany’s Bayerisches Geoinstitut made diamond gemstones from peanut butter. Scientist Dan Frost noted that the hydrogen that’s bonded to the peanut butter’s carbon makes the process messier and that the process is slow.
kJVae TIL that cigarette filters only reduce the risk of catching smoking related diseases because of the presence of the filter reduces the amount of tobacco in the cigarette.
kOQ4d TIL in mid 18th century Gross National Income per capita (PPP) of countries that today make up third world (Asia, Africa, Latin America) was more than first world (Western Europe, Northern America, Japan, Singapore and South Korea)