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TIL that diamonds are not rare. They are only expensive because of controlled releases by the industrie.

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6906Z TIL in 2005 a typo nearly bankrupted one of Japan’s largest investment banks, Mizuho Securities. A broker mistakenly sold 610,000 shares at 1 yen each instead of 1 share at 610,000 yen. Attempts to cancel the trade failed. Mizuho lost over $225 million in minutes.
Xwkj TIL that Keanu Reeves was set to star in the live adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, a film that currently resides in “development hell”.
EbLW TIL that the Haka, a traditional war dance of the Maori people of New Zealand has been performed by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team before international games for 111 years
jnbN TIL that water cannot be burned because, technically, it has already been burned.
9Y8Yr TIL the Mormon Church justified slavery, fought against Civil Rights, and excluded black people from the priesthood, due to a belief that “black skin was a curse,” an idea that “was not officially contradicted until 2013.”