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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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9Ypp7 TIL that for more then 50 years, there was an operational telephone booth in the Mojave desert, in the middle of nowhere.
MePgA TIL Peanut butter manufacturers fought a 12 year legal battle with the FDA over the minimum peanut content required to be legally labelled as "peanut butter". Anything under 90% peanuts must be labelled "peanut spread".
kJlLd TIL of the given name "Increase." It is the English language literal translation of the name Joseph. Since the 19th century, the name has decreased in popularity and is now rare, if not extinct.
MeJZW TIL how serial killer Dennis Rader was finally identified. In a letter to police, he asked whether they could trace a floppy disk containing his writings back to him. They replied that they couldn't, and so he sent it to a local FOX affiliate.
4XYoJ TIL that in 2016, TNT rejected a TV Pilot called ‘Civil’ about a disputed election that slides into civil unrest and eventually war, because they thought it was too close to home for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.