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TIL red sapphires are so rare, they’re given another name: rubies

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XEpLj TIL of Jérôme of Sandy Cove, a mysterious deaf-mute man who was found on a beach in 1863 with both legs amputated above the knee. He never spoke a word for the rest of his life and died in 1912. His origins are still unknown.
8aOY8 TIL there was a short lived HD VHS platform in the late 90s/early 2000s. The D-VHS tapes could hold up to 50GB and play 1080i. Of course, a special D-VHS player was required
nWV6G TIL Australia has snow, ski resorts, the Australian Alps and a higher rate of hypothermia deaths than Sweden.
yQo6X TIL the demon core was a palm sized orb of plutonium responsible for the death of scientists on two separate occasions. Both incidents included a slip of the wrist, resulting in a millisecond long burst of radiation. Blue light was emmited in the second incident.
7rpdp TIL the outrage that ensued when gold miners cut down the “Mammoth Tree” at California’s (now) Calaveras Big Trees State Park inspired the national park system over 160 years ago.