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TIL A Million People in China Live in Underground Nuclear Bunkers

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ByQK TIL that diamonds aren’t all that rare and were manufactured into a romantic symbol by a company called Debeers in the early 1900’s. They own most of the diamond mines in the world and create their own supply and demand.
JJDB TIL there is a theory that says there are only 7 stories and we are only doing variations of those setups
78nab TIL that the University of Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire, having opened its doors to students in 1096
45Dw TIL that in 1973, the CIA launched a covert operation that overthrew Chile’s longstanding democratic government and replaced it with a military dictatorship rife with human rights violations.
EBEw TIL of Ewa Wiśnierska, a German paraglider that survived lightning, pounding hail, -40°C temperatures and oxygen deprivation after a storm system sucked her to an altitude higher than Mount Everest.