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TIL that vitamin A enriched rice, developed nearly 15 years ago, could have prevented hundreds of thousands of cases of childhood blindness. It has never been used due to concerns over GMO foods.

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ooYY TIL Both Tom Hanks & George Clooney are related to Abraham Lincoln
lowg5 TIL towards the end of WW2 Herman Goering had become so addicted to para-codeine that he was travelling with almost the entire world’s supply
ENdd TIL the leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK is suicide
EgrV7 TIL in 2009, Stephen Hawking threw an open party for everyone, only announcing it after it was finished to ensure that only time-travelers knew about it. Unsurprisingly, no one came up.
NeEN TIL President Nixon’s favorite meal was cottage cheese mixed with ketchup.