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TIL that diamonds are not rare or valuable and the reason demand is high is because of a marketing campaign by DeBeers to sell more engagement rings

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6yQw TIL Kim Jong-un’s older brother Kim Jong-nam was supposed to be their father’s heir until he tried to sneak out of North Korea to visit Disneyland.
57lk TIL during China’s War of the Three Kingdoms, general Chuko Liang, armed with 100 soldiers, defended a town against Sima Yi’s army of 150,000 by ordering his men to hide, throwing open the gates to the town, and sat by the wall strumming a lute. Convinced it was a trap, Yi fled.
E1XJp TIL that despite the popular depiction in films and television, Manhattan has almost no alleys. The Commissioners Plan of 1811 designed the city's grid layout without alleyways to maximize the limited space. The few alleys that remain mostly predate that plan.
kXb1 TIL Apples, peaches,and raspberries are all members of the rose family.
1aa0W TIL that the US Navy had a warship named USS Ponce (bit of a different meaning in British English)