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TIL that China produces 20 million tons of garlic each year, four times more than the rest of the world combined. It’s more than 14kgs per capita annually.

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4X8V5 TIL when novelist Shirley Jackson, author of the short story “The Lottery”, was checked into the hospital in 1948 to deliver her 3rd child, the clerk asked her to state her occupation. “Writer”, she replied. The clerk responded, “I’ll just put down housewife.”
QJaaL TIL the popular combination of WASD keys used in gaming, especially FPS games, was made popular by a gamer named Denish Fong when he won a PC gaming tournament in May of 1997.
wLrW8 TIL that the infamous 1971 D.B.Cooper plane hijacking remains the only unsolved case of air piracy in commercial aviation history. The FBI officially suspended their active investigation in July 2016. The 60-volume case file is open to the public to read.
PolO TIL Irene Triplett – the 86-year-old daughter of a Civil War veteran – collects $73.13 each month from her father’s military pension
Y7D87 TIL: On July 1, 1942 the American submarine Sturgeon sank the Montevideo Maru that was transporting 1080 prisoners and civilians who were captured after the fall of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea.