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TIL china makes fake rice out of plastic and sells it as normal rice

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yVZ9v TIL Despite having the best overall record in MLB in 1981, the Cincinnati Reds did not qualify for the postseason. This was due to a midseason strike which split the season in half and teams that won their division in each half of the season advanced to the playoffs.
gBA4 TIL that Keira Knightley played the role of Sabé, the handmaiden of Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) in Star Wars: Episode 1. The two girls looked so alike in full makeup that even their own mothers had difficulty telling them apart on set.
PYerV TIL it took 49 years to publish the first authoritative English dictionary. It took five years to publish the first part, A to Ant.
7EP7 TIL there are more Wikipedia articles on Antarctica than all but one of the African countries
b69A0 TIL Plankton can refer to microscopic organisms that live in the air as well as the ocean