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TIL an all diamond ring was created, weighing in at 150 karats and costing $70 mil

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5YlA8 TIL "Jazz" was originally "Jass" but the term was changed because children and some adults could not resist the temptation to scratch the letter "J" from the posters
4k6kN TIL that the reason why Kinder Surprise eggs are illegal in the U.S. is because in 1937, over 100 people died due to highly toxic diethylene glycol in a new pharmacy drug. In response, the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was passed, illegalizing food products that contain something inedible.
nW5p7 TIL~2600 yrs ago in China, an ill king was predicted by a prophet that he won't live to eat the next harvest. When he was later presented with the new harvest and ready to eat it, he remembered the prediction and killed the seer, felt stomachache before eating, went to latrine, fell in and died.
16VgP TIL the Pointer Sisters, who were megastars in the early 1980s with dance/pop songs such as "I'm So Excited", "Jump (For My Love)", and "Automatic", won their first Grammy Award in 1975 for Best Country Vocal Performance for the country song "Fairytale", written by sisters Anita and Bonnie Pointer.
LkQMd TIL of the "Niihau Incident". After a Japanese Pilot crashed on a remote Hawaiian Island following Pearl Harbor, three Japanese Americans tried to help him escape, taking locals hostage and shooting at one. Their actions may have influenced the decision to intern Japanese Americans during WWII.