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TIL about Xennials, a micro-generation described as having had "an analog childhood and a digital adulthood"

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9wpo7 TIL that during the British rule of India from 1769 to 1944, a total of 12 famines occurred which combined, killed an estimated 56-80.3 million people and up to 45 trillion dollars of wealth was taken.
9w7Om 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.
4EGg TIL AT&T has a center in San Francisco (dubbed “Room 641A”) whose sole purpose is to monitor domestic and global internet traffic. There are potentially ten to twenty of these across the country.
kJaxB TIL that one of George Washington’s generals and the “founder of the US Army” was openly gay.
GYVKN TIL The creator of the labradoodle regrets creating the breed.