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TIL that many opal stones are actually made up of fossilized marine microbes, including diatoms and radiolarians.

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Bg6rK TIL - Jimmer Ferdette is on the USA Men's 3-on-3 Olympic Basketball team.
WWwd TIL: In Nigeria’s Yoruba culture, the second born twin is the elder twin. The first born twin (Taiwo) is kicked out of the womb by the second born twin (Kehinde) to ‘test’ the world. Kehinde knows it is safe once Taiwo starts crying.
16b9X TIL that a group of artists secretly built and lived in a hidden apartment inside a Rhode Island mall for four years before being discovered.
kJG8B TIL that after Buddy Holly’s death, Waylon Jennings put Holly’s guitar and amp in a locker at Grand Central Terminal in New York City and sent the keys to Holly’s widow. Jennings, who had given up his seat on the flight, felt guilty about the crash, a burden he carried throughout his life.
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