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TIL the former Prime Minister of Vietnam moved to Orange County after the war, where he opened and ran a liquor store

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mxbAR TIL about Phineas Gage who survived a traumatic brain injury when an iron rod was driven through his entire skull, destroying much of his frontal lobe.
ZpbD TIL that one of the most powerful actors in Hollywood, worth $6bn, has never been in a big, blockbuster film, is almost completely unknown, and almost no-one knows who he is.
QNkVX TIL If you heat the diamond in the open air, it will begin to melt and burn at around 700 degrees Celsius (1,292 degrees Fahrenheit). Burning a diamond without oxygen, however, will make it change into graphite (a crystalline form of carbon) before transforming into a fluid.
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