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TIL A diamond will shatter if hit with an ordinary hammer. It is hard (does not scratch) but is not tough (resistant to fracture)

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p8yWb TIL that United Cerebral Palsy publishes a Disability Etiquette guide.
m114v TIL the ending of the Invader Zim episode “Walk of Doom” was changed because Nickelodeon was concerned that a sign that said “Welcome to Mexico” may have been offensive.
VMyxD TIL: a real water buffalo is seen being slaughtered at the end of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now.” The animal had already been marked for sacrifice by the indigenous tribe whose land they were using to film, so Coppola decided to capture the actual ritual for the movie.
WBko TIL If you don’t pay child support in Texas you won’t be able to renew your hunting/fishing licence
1aPgX TIL that long-beaked echidnas have four-headed penises and are known as monotremes, meaning egg laying mammals. This perhaps hints at early mammalian evolution from reptiles. These guys are sadly critically endangered owing to habitat loss!