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

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69ea8 TIL about the Oyster Wars, a series of sometimes violent conflicts that lasted almost 100 years between the states of Maryland and Virginia against 'Oyster Pirates' who illegally dredged the Chesapeake Bay for oysters
loby1 TIL Unlike with planets - observing deep sky objects does not necessarily require using high magnifications but aperture is more important. Even a 100000$ telescope won't help in a light polluted city
j64Za TIL that the assassin of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Beant Singh, was one of Indira's own bodyguards. He was previously removed for security reasons, but Indira ordered him reinstated as Beant was her personal favorite bodyguard.
loveG TIL Russia didn't consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.
YpMAA TIL that two men from Indiana were wrongfully convicted in a 1996 armed robbery because of a false statement from an informant who had sex with the lead detective who set them up. 20 years later, they were found innocent and one of them received $4.9 Million settlement.