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TIL corn is man made and would not exist without selective breeding.

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Z1ga TIL that when Aaron Sorkin was asked why Tom Cruise and Demi Moore don’t sleep together in A Few Good Men, Sorkin responded: “Women have purposes other than to sleep with Tom Cruise.”
aX5N TIL that many of the “witches” in the infamous Salem witch trials are now believed to have had Huntington’s disease and their symptoms were mistaken for possession by the devil.
LQGr TIL that more than half of the Apples harvested worldwide are grown in China. And while the U.S. ranks second it grows only 6 percent.
78oYZ TIL Elvis’s promoter came up with and sold “I Hate Elvis” buttons. Therefore they both made money from Elvis haters too.
4A9X TIL that McDonalds are banned from ever opening a store on the Cayman Islands