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TIL that both indica and sativa are scientific terms used In classifying rice. With oryza sativa being the plants name and variance indica meaning it comes from India.

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Xear TIL that in Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called “Hindi” (“from India”). In India, it’s called “Peru.” In Arabic, the bird is called “Greek chicken”; in Greek it’s called “French chicken”; and in French it’s called “Indian chicken.” The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
nemWB TIL of USMC Sergeant Wirkus who was crowned king of a Haitian island for 3 years where he was stationed until he was transferred back to the US mainland by the Marines.
bMVQ TIL a 35 year-old gold miner, using only hand tools and dynamite, moved 5,800 tons of granite, building a half-mile tunnel to move his ore. He finished the project at age 67.
eX76 TIL that Air Force One is not a single plane but is simply the name for whatever plane the president happens to be on.
nWNBB TIL tat n Croatia there’s a small island of 0,14km² with 23km of dry stone walls that were built to delimit agricultural plots and protect the olive trees and vines from the wind. Seen from the sky the island looks like a maze, a puzzle or a fingerprint