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TIL that there’s a diamond mine open to public in Arkansas that is the only diamond mine open to public. Visitors can keep whatever the gems they find . 31000 gems have been found so far since it became a state park in 1972.

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R54yj TIL in 2019, "Pray for Nesamani" trended in social media after news of contractor Nesamani being admitted to the ICU due to a concussion caused by a hammer that fell on his head. It turns out to be that Nesamani is actually a fictional character played by actor Vadivelu in Tamil film called Friends.
XExpr TIL about Roy Cleveland Sullivan also called Human lightning Rod ,a park ranger(at Virginia) who was hit by lightning SEVEN times and he survived ALL of them.The odds of getting hit by lightning is 1 out of 13,500.He commited suicide at the age of 71 by gunshot.
deQ7 TIL a black man in the mid 1960’s, not allowed to join or play at the local country clubs, built his own golf course using his own land and taught the neighborhood kids golf for free.
JRxB TIL cocaine use dramatically speeds up aging of the brain
OooYe TIL that the Soviet Union's economy was planned via the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, or "COMECON" -- pronounced as "COMMIE-CON"