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TIL grain buyers are not required to issue 1099s to farmers for most sales.

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4kvW6 TIL about Chromostereopsis: the effect that particular color shades can have on your depth perception
d8b6r TIL the Stephen King book, The Tommyknockers, was loosely based on a creature from the folklore of Cornish miners. To some, knockers were malevolent spirits who knocked on supports to cause a cave-in. To others, the knocking a way of warning the miners that a collapse was imminent.
JEN8 TIL that rapper DMX impersonated a federal agent and broke through a gate in order to attempt to steal a car from JFK Airport during a coke binge.
PJXZ TIL-A tourist controlled drone crashed into one of Yellowstone’s most delicate hot springs. Drones are now banned from all US National Parks.
v188K TIL a half male/half female Cardinal was spotted in Pennsylvania. Most gynandromorphs are infertile, but this one has a chance of reproducing as the left side is female; (as in most birds, only the left ovary is functional). He/she was always in the company of a male Cardinal.