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TIL Thanks to Yuan LongPing, China’s total rice output rose from 5.69 billion tons in 1950 to 19.47 billion tons in 2000. In recent years, hybrid rice has covered an area of 16millions ha, accounting for 57% of total rice area in China

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mxl4P TIL “bird’s nest custody” is a specific form of joint custody in which, rather than having the children go from one parent’s house to the other parent’s house, the parents move in and out of the house that the children constantly reside in.
OodkX TIL that Komodo Dragons are in fact venomous. For decades it was believed that their bite was dangerous because of toxic bacteria in their mouths.
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