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TIL Rice Paddy art is an art form originating in Japan where people plant rice of various types and colors to create a giant pictures in a paddy field.

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oA7A TIL of the Catatumbo lightning storm of Venezuela.At least 300 days of the year a vast raging storm forms at the mouth of the Catatumbo River. It’s lightning, unequaled in strength, can be seen from 250 miles away and was used as a navigational beacon by colonial sailors.
neaR9 TIL Journalists and Activists Cant Account to Where Half a Billion in Charitable Donations to Haiti Went
neAXo TIL a young Frank Sinatra tried to get out of his contract with bandleader Tommy Dorsey. When Dorsey refused Sinatra’s offer of $60,000, mobster Willie Moretti allegedly threatened Dorsey. Afterwards, Dorsey let Sinatra out of his contract for $1.
vkP4 TIL at least six Americans have been accidentally shot by dogs in the past five years, including by a dog named “Trigger”.
W76QN TIL in 1882 James Williams of Fredonia, Texas patented a mousetrap “incorporating a handgun”