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TIL that diamond oceans exist on Uranus and Neptune

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YpRNr TIL a 2009 study found that two years after retirement, 78% of former NFL players are under financial stress or have gone completely bankrupt.
GAXQ7 TIL that Mike Brown, the astronomer most responsible for demoting Pluto to a dwarf planet, titled his memoir "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming".
kO5ag TIL of Paul Moran. A man from Northern Ireland who attempted to turn his faeces into gold. He subsequently caused more than £3000 in damages to his home due and was charged with arson.
kOKD1 TIL Magpies in Australia are not related in anyway to Magpies in the rest of the world.
goDW TIL people wear pants because of horses. Mounted armies wearing pants were more effective than those wearing robes