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a8g5M TIL of African rice (Oryza Glaberrima), a species native to West Africa that was first grown around 3,000 years ago. It has a nutty flavor and it is considered tastier that Asian rice, but it is less cultivated because it has lower yields
rRKJ0 TIL that when the Prussians forbade the Danes from displaying their flag in the early 20th century, the Danes responded by creating a new breed of pig that resembled the Danish flag and displayed it instead
5Y1LQ TIL that in 1967, the Tax Court of the United States ruled, over IRS protests, that catching a baseball one‐handed was so remarkable and valuable a technique that a player was justified in deducting as a business expense a cash payment to his father as compensation for teaching him
grdgW TIL The Leaning Tower of Pisa isn't the only leaning tower in Italy. There are at least 10!
n5rP TIL Richard Nixon derailed peace talks that may have ended Vietnam in 1968 so he could win that year’s election