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September 7, 2013
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Diamonds evaporate under UV light. Diamonds were exposed to intense light pulses in the UV-C band (the harsh ultraviolet rays filtered out by the ozone layer), and small pits in the diamond surface were visible after only a few seconds.

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Farmed salmon is actually naturally white in color. It's reddish pink only because farmers add in a pigmenting compound to the fishes' food that changes the color of their flesh, which is more appealing to consumers.

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Byzantine Emperor Justinian II was called "the slit-nosed". After he was deposed in 695, his nose was cut off, to prevent him from seeking the throne again - tradition prevented mutilated people from Imperial rule. He replaced his nose with a solid golden prosthesis, and in 705 retook the throne.

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Jack Black's older half-brother Neil Siegel is a computer scientist and systems engineer who has developed many advanced air-defence systems for the US-military. He also invented the feature that can make maps displayed on smartphones rotate to always align with the cardinal directions.

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The Independant representative of Taipei in Taiwan is also the lead singer of a metal band, Cthonic, which has been compared to being the "Black Sabbath" of Asia. He also sings for Marty Friedman on a side project called Metal Clone X, which covers Japanese hits by turning them into heavy metal.

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After the Samurai class was dismantled in Japan, some Samurai became farmers. These Samurai were given apple seedlings in the town of Aomori so that they could produce them. Aomori would later become Japan's apple capital.

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In 1992, popular British electronic band The KLF fired machine gun blanks at their audience at the BRIT Awards, dumped a dead sheep at the afterparty, retired from the music industry, and deleted their back catalogue.

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Vin Mariani was a mixture of wine and cocaine that was popular in Europe during the late 1800s. Two popes were known to drink it and it was so much enjoyed by Pope Leo XIII that he was used on posters promoting the product. The creator won a Vatican gold medal for creating it.

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Ingrid Bergman had an affair with a womanizing Italian director & bore him a child out of wedlock. The affair was so vilified that a U.S. senator took to the Senate floor in 1950 to denounce her as a “powerful influence for evil,” & hurt her career in the US until her triumphant return in 1956.

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The final chapter of “A Clockwork Orange” was omitted from the US published version in 1986, in which Alex sees the error of his ways, decides he has lost his taste for violence and resolves to turn his life around - a complete 180 from the US published ending and the Stanley Kubrick movie.

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