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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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woK1E TIL the first incident of an online predator was on New Year's Day 2002. The victim was held for 4 days and has since started an advocacy group to educate about online safety for children.
LkJNp TIL that in 1915, a pilot planned a stunt to drop a baseball into an MLB coach’s glove from a plane during a flyover. As a prank she dropped a grapefruit instead; it exploded in the coach’s glove and covered him in red pulp, and he was convinced he was seriously injured and bleeding to death.
16l5r TIL in 1893 the new town of Frostproof, FL was named as a marketing ploy to convince potential landowners the town has never had, and never would have, a frost that could destroy the large citrus-driven economy. However, only a couple of years later, a frost killed most of the citrus in Frostproof.
d70j TIL Kara Hultgreen became the first female fighter pilot, despite having low scores which normally would end your career. She later fatally crashed her F-14 in a landing attempt.
woEP TIL a good amount of Bermuda and the Caribbean islands’ land is “African dust”: soil particles that have flown clear across the Atlantic Ocean in dust storms