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TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace.

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695ZY TIL: Michael Jackson, Mark Wahlberg, and Seth MacFarlane narrowly escaped death on 9/11
kJlQB TIL the words "fajita" and "fascіsm" both derive from the Latin word "fasces"
X0VrR TIL a woman was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for randomly shoving an 87 year old woman down in NYC who turned out to be a broadway singing coach
8eejG TIL Jesuit priest Angelo Secchi was a pioneer in astrophysics. He was the first to make systematic use of spectroscopy in stellar classification and proved that solar prominences viewed during an eclipse are features belonging to the Sun
9jrD TIL Owen the hippo got washed away from it’s mother. It then bonded with a giant 130 year old tortoise instead.