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TIL rice provides about 20% of all human calories worldwide.
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TIL I learned in 1973 a man carrying guns and a bomb robbed a bank in Kenora, Ontario. Upon leaving the bank he was killed a police sniper detonating the bomb. To this day his identity has never been determined.
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TIL: Blood type is so important in Japan, you can be hired (or fired) for it, as well as buy blood-type-specific products like condoms that “are all the same, but contain different instructions for each blood group”
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TIL that 99% of people on internet communities are lurkers and only 1% actively create new content, according to a rule known as the the 1% rule.
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TIL a mother suffers from hyperlactation syndrome, an over production of breastmilk. Instead of dumping her milk she decided to donate them. She spends 4-5 hours each day pumping milk and in two years she has donated 609 gallons of breastmilk, most going to feeding premature babies.
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TIL about HPP (High Places Phenomenon), the experience of a sudden urge to jump when in a high place. Although it has been speculated to be associated with suicidal ideation, data has proposed that it stems from a misinterpreted safety signal (i.e., survival instinct).