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TIL that Arkansas Grows Rice. This is interesting becuase I always thought of rice an Asian Thing

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LQlD9 TIL that influenza originated as an indirect result of the domestication of pigs and ducks
0wQjM TIL John Legend graduated from high school salutatorian of his class and at age 16. He was then accepted to Harvard but turned it down for the University of Pennsylvania where he would graduate. He is also one of only 15 people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award.
neg1Y TIL that goats who misbehave are often forced to wear foam pool noodles to cover their horns.
kJ404 TIL in 2016 a man ate a ghost pepper in an eating contest and drank 6 glasses of water to cool off. He vomited so much he tore a hole in his esophagus and was rushed to a hospital where doctors found his left lung collapsed. He spent 23 days in the hospital and was sent home with a gastric tube.
ajGb TIL In 2004, a group in Melbourne, Victoria organised an event where 30 men would grow a moustache for 30 days in order to raise awareness for prostate cancer and depression in men. The group later formed into the “Movember Foundation Charity” which has since raised $174-million worldwide.