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TIL rice does not need to grow underwater — paddies are flooded to control weeds — Today a System of Rice Intensification is practised in 20 countries that has greater yields, using 30-60% less water.

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MePya TIL that the Director's commentary on Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story introduces extra characters and half way through switches to the Director's commentary from There's Something About Mary.
O5k1 TIL that almonds aren’t nuts, they are the pits of a fruit closely related to peaches
xV8Qo TIL a West Virginia town asked the Soviet Union for foreign aid to rebuild a bridge
nWxAd TIL After eating the "miracle fruit," very sour foods will taste sweet for 15 to 30 minutes. "Miracle fruit" or Synsepalum dulcificum releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds. For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet. Lemons lose their zing and taste like candy.
Jy1m TIL that in 1981 it was proposed to breed cats that changed color when exposed to radiation and write folk songs about this trait so that future generations would have a means to be warned to stay away from contaminated areas such as nuclear waste repositories.