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TIL the majority of humans eat rice as a staple crop and 2004 was designated the "International Year of Rice". It was the first time in the history of the United Nations that an entire year was devoted to a commodity.

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e05OJ TIL that in Pittsburgh in 1850, a 14-year-old girl escaped from her owner, a businessman from Arkansas, by simply walking out of the luxury hotel they were staying at. No records of her life after her escape exist.
1akoO TIL the first known appearance of the phrase "Taco Tuesday" is in the October 16, 1933, edition of the El Paso Herald-Post, in an advertisement for the White Star Cafeteria at the St. Regis Hotel.
W7yBX TIL that the Amy Winehouse song ‘Me & Mr. Jones’ was written about her relationship with Nasir Jones, who is best known as the influential rapper Nas.
P1pjL TIL that after large animals went extinct, such as the mammoth, avocados had no method of seed dispersal, which would have lead to their extinction without early human farmers.
E1e8V TIL That the Assassin's Brotherhood was based on a real life group, the Hassassin, who existed during the Crusades, and used covert executions and strikes to eliminate high profile targets.