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TIL the area code for Cape Canaveral/Space Coast is 321, as in, "T-Minus 3... 2... 1..."

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0wrbj TIL rice does not need to grow underwater — paddies are flooded to control weeds — Today a System of Rice Intensification is practised in 20 countries that has greater yields, using 30-60% less water.
VBnM0 TIL Christopher Walken still doesn't have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
P1Wye TIL that during a live firing demonstration 25 spectators were killed and 71 wounded when the pilot mistook them for dummies
DvWP TIL Director John Ford was sent to the island of Midway to film a documentary on life at a small, isolated military base. He ended up getting caught in the Battle for Midway; he filmed the entire thing and was also injured during the fight.
9e0D TIL That Geoffry Chaucer (of Canterbury Tales fame) was granted “a gallon of wine daily for the rest of his life” by King Edward III of England in recognition of his poetic talent.