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TIL that as part of a scheme to catch the Zodiac Killer, a movie was made about them.

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8a01G TIL Zimbabwe has what many experts believe to be the largest diamond field in the world. With extraction of over 17Million carats. This mining region is size of the German capital Berlin, these diamonds are sent to the EU to be refined.
XvpE TIL that after Free Willy was so successful, Warner Brothers Studios led an effort to find Keiko the Orca a better home
rNRmo TIL Junius Kellogg halted the largest point-shaving scandel in college basketball in 1951; later he became a successful wheelchair basketball coach after becoming paralyzed in an auto accident while playing for the Harlem Globetrotters.
N7VLb TIL Grapefruit got its name because they grow in clusters similar to grapes.
LkL1P TIL when Joseph Vaillancourt's 2,609,698 km 1963 Plymouth Fury taxi, at the time the highest-mileage car in North America, was hit by a truck, actor Michael Barette personally spent about $20k on restoring the car.