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TIL bamboo can grow at a rate of approx. 1m/3ft in just 24 hours

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MP90 TIL a 2013 poll found Americans view blacks as more racist than whites or Hispanics. Black respondents ranked their own demographic as the most racist.
QNeb6 TIL while suffering dementia near the end of her life, Harriet Beecher Stowe re-wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin nearly word-for-word believing it was a new book.
aW0Z TIL that FC Barcelona, one of the biggest soccer teams in the world, has a “reverse sponsorship” agreement with UNICEF. The team wears the organization’s logo on their shirt while donating 1.5 million euros ($1.8 million) each year.
eAYE TIL due to the fact that the US Navy refused to help in the production of Crimson Tide, the producers couldn’t get footage of a submarine diving underwater. Their solution was to wait outside of Pearl Harbor and follow and film the first submarine to leave.
Lk69V TIL that James Bond was named after an ornithologist whose field guides Ian Fleming, a prolific birdwatcher, read while on vacation.