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TIL that Over 50 percent of the world's population relies on rice for 80 percent of it's food requirements

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5V5Pp TIL despite being banned or severely regulated in many Western countries, Candy Cigarettes are legal and unregulated in 49 of 50 US States - Tennessee being the sole exception.
QNJG6 TIL of the documentary: Born Rich, made by Jamie Johnson (great-grandson to the founder of Johnson & Johnson) about the experiences of those who were born into the ultra-wealthy. For producing and releasing the film, Jamie was deemed by his peers to be a "traitor to his class".
p81YN TIL If France were to return to monarchy, their king would be styled "Louis XX".
ymXp TIL the Fairness Doctrine was removed in 1987. It required news broadcasters to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable, and balanced.
4kJQR TIL in 1994, a paper was published in a medical journal presenting a method to calculate the area under a curve, using rectangles and triangles, called "Tai's model". The researcher was unaware this method has been known for 2400 years and exact methods using calculus for 400 years