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TIL that candle flames contains millions of tiny diamonds, as they contain all four known forms of carbon.

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VMam8 TIL that in 2009, Trevor Noah’s mother Patricia was shot by his stepfather Ngisaveni after she married another man. When confronting him over the phone about the incident, Trevor moved to the United States after Ngisaveni threatened to kill him.
awOVy Til Subway's start up franchise cost is anywhere between $105,800 to $393,600. Compared to McDonald's start up costs of up to 2.2 million.
YLer TIL Despite what they want you to believe, Discovery Channel’s “Moonshiners” are not breaking any laws, and are not running from the police.
LkWPr TIL that Saturns’ rings are, cosmically speaking, a very brief event. We are about halfway through their 200 million year lifespan and are very lucky as a species to be alive to witness them. “Some velociraptor with a telescope looking at Saturn would not have seen rings.”
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