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TIL that 80% of the rice consumed by the United States is produced domestically.

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4X8No TIL The two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, were written about in the book ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by author Jonathan Swift – 151 years before they were discovered
gr8w4 TIL that 3 out of the past 6 U.S. Presidents to die have died in Texas.
VMBgm TIL The Hawkhurst gang were a group of smugglers in England, who by the late 1840s had developed unprecedented power, and were a law unto themselves for over a decade. They boasted they could assemble 500 men in the space of a couple of hours.
BBpd TIL after 9/11 there was a proposal to “to consider taking Saudi out of Arabia by forcibly seizing control of the oil fields, giving the Hijaz back to the Hashemites, and delegating control of Medina and Mecca to a multinational committee of moderate, non-Wahhabi Muslims”
kQ07 TIL Will Wheaton suffers from generalized anxiety disorder and chronic depression. He supports mental health nonprofit organizations in raising awareness for these conditions.