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Oxla TIL that most bamboo species flower only once every several decades, but when they do, all of the bamboo from the same group flower at the same time, regardless of where they are planted.
9wMjX TIL There are two American actresses with the exact same name - Peyton List. One was born in 1986 and the other in 1998. Oddly, they were both in the same scene together on the soap opera As The World Turns. List (1986) was a regular on the show, while List (1998) was cast as an extra.
1yJP TIL Ryan Holle was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for lending his car to his friend to get food, instead of getting food his friend killed somebody.
v1Rwr TIL, in 1996 Mr. Rogers poured the 100 billionth Crayola crayon. The commemorative replica that Mr. Rogers received at the event is housed in the Fred Rogers Archive.
GAgw5 TIL that India's first representative at the Winter Olympics., in 1964, was Jeremy Bujakowski, an Lithuanian born skier of Polish descent who grew up in India (and was naturalized as an Indian citizen). He learned to ski in Boise, Idaho, USA.