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TIL Jasmine rice has a higher Glycemic Index than pure glucose

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5YDQB TIL: Due to a deadline to file a patent, Nike founder Phil Knight chose the brand's name hastily and reluctantly only after it being suggested the same day.
epA95 TIL there is a rhinoceros-shaped cave in Washington state, formed millions of years ago when lava cooled around a rhinoceros carcass.
xVvZo TIL the world record for the loudest thing ever shouted belongs to an Irish teacher who shouted the word "quiet" at 121 decibels, the equivalent of a jet engine.
l7ZeK TIL in 2020 a woman took an online DNA test which showed a 22% match with a man who she'd eventually discover to be her still alive uncle, who was kidnapped in 1951 at the age of six & had been missing for 70 years. After he was abducted in Oakland, he was flown to the east coast & raised there.
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