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TIL scientists in Edinburgh successfully created diamonds by subjecting peanut butter to extreme heat and pressure

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4XWlw TIL that Australia has technically been an American company since 2009 registered in Washington DC under the name of Commonwealth of Australia, LLC
6EBDW TIL Christmas was banned by Parliament in 1644 and abolished in 1647. The army actively stopped people from celebrating Christmas. Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans thought Christmas festivities were sinful, wasteful, and had no biblical justification.
yQbkJ TIL Of Robert Campbell, a World War One soldier who was a German prisoner, he learned that his mother was dying, and wrote to the Kaiser, asking to be released. His request was granted, with the condition that he had to return. Campbell spent a week with his mother, then returned.
awB6y TIL the last time a living Democratic president transferred the presidency to another Democrat was on March 4, 1857.
8ex4X TIL: Chess boxing is a sanctioned sport in which two competitors alternate between rounds of boxing and blitz chess until one wins by checkmate or knockout.