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TIL Ellyse Perry is the first and only sports person to have played both the FIFA Women's World Cup and ICC Cricket World Cup.

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R7Ovl TIL that monkeys in Japan learned to wash sweet potatoes in fresh water to clean them. They later switched to washing sweet potatoes in salt water. It is theorized that this is because they like the salty taste more than plain potatoes.
DQDGr TIL of Gander New Newfoundland: A place that took care of travelers that were diverted after during 9/11
VMNRk TIL there was a direct bus service from London to Calcutta (now Kolkata) until 1976. It stopped in multiple cities enroute for passengers to shop.
We8B TIL that diamonds are not forever because they are less thermodynamically stable than graphite, so over time (likely billions of years) all diamonds will eventually become graphite.
RLb1 TIL during Winter War, Finnish fighters propped up frozen Soviet soldiers to intimidate Soviet troops