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TIL of all corn grown in the US, only 1% is actually sold as corn for human consumption

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mxQkx TIL in Canada you can borrow a radon detector kit from a library (for free).
Z8jNo TIL that the Earth is bigger than Mars, took me almost 17 years to realize, but the more I think about it the more it makes sense
x6LDB TIL about Strom Thurmond filibuster. On 28 August 1957, US Senator Strom Thurmond conducted the longest speaking filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The filibuster failed to prevent the passage of the bill
e0B94 TIL on May 25, 2000, Philippines Airlines flight 812 was hijacked by a man who robbed the passengers of their valuables and then asked the pilot to depressurise the plane so that he could jump out. He was pushed by a flight attendant out from the plane and his body was found three days later.
LPQr TIL that the Chinese have developed a type of rice that can survive on seawater