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TIL rice can grow in a wide range of environments, but it is typically grown in submerged fields because it can tolerate such conditions while most weeds and pests cannot.

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NW86 TIL there is a secret room inside Lincoln’s head in Mount Rushmore that was meant to be a vault of American history but was never finished by Rushmore’s sculptor because he died before it could be completed. More than 50 years later, it was partially completed by 4 generations of his family.
JE4V TIL that, after surviving a year-long experiment on an isolated island for a British reality TV show, ten contestants learned that the show had been canceled 4 months into production.
oBXyR TIL John Hinckley Jr's motive for attempting to assassinate Ronald Reagan was to try and woo Jodie Foster, emulating Robert De Niro's character from the film Taxi Driver
R5RA7 TIL about Safe Haven Boxes. An anonymous drop off for newborns, preventing them from abandonment.
ADRQa TIL: Psychologists estimate that 90% of college students procrastinate, and more than a quarter are chronic procrastinators.