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TIL that property around distilleries (like Jack Daniels) have to deal with a fungus that is pervasive and a nuisance to deal with.

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7rREb TIL The Horse's Head in the Godfather Scene was Real. Francis Ford Coppola Didn't Like the Mock-Up, So His Scouts Found a Horse Ready for Slaughter at a Dog-Food Plant in New Jersey.
pgyp TIL that rice fields are flooded primarily for weed control, not because it provides optimal growing conditions for the rice plants, as I had always presumed.
XE9QR TIL of the "Buddhabrot set", a plot of points that are not in the fractal Mandelbrot set, that under certain plotting settings looks similar to a picture of a sitting Buddha.
KYKwJ TIL there’s an abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans that was shut down after heavy damage from Katrina. It’s been used for various films such as Percy Jackson, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Jurassic World.
rRlJo TIL A diamond will shatter if hit with an ordinary hammer. It is hard (does not scratch) but is not tough (resistant to fracture)