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TIL you can donate rice to impoverished people just by answering questions – and learn in the process. More people should do this…

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LkPnp TIL that Oleandrin was purported as a promising cancer treatment in a 2013 study, however, the study was retracted (by the publisher) in 2016 because it contained plagiarized materials from user-generated web articles.
0rOL TIL that the Farmers Almanac has been in publication since 1792. Their predictions are based on 30 year statistical averages and “many longtime Almanac followers claim that our forecasts are 80% to 85% accurate.”
jmGn TIL the marsh mallow was a delicacy in ancient Rome and Egypt. By the 1800s, confectioners were making small batches of candy with mallow, sugar, and egg whites. Mass production was made possible by using gelatin and corn starch instead.
WkMPA TIL that that yodeler Wylie Gustafson, was paid $590 to record the famous “Ya-hooooooooo-oooo” clip for Yahoo. He was told it would be a regional ad only, but two years later it was used during Yahoo’s Super Bowl halftime commercial.
Avmn TIL Kurt Russell was the civilian pilot who witnessed the infamous mass UFO sighting in Phoenix Arizona in 1997 (AKA the “Phoenix Lights”)