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TIL in the early 80s there was a wheat field in downtown NYC

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Y7yDd TIL there are depictions of Knights engaging Snails in battle drawn in the margins of late 13th century medieval written works like song & prayer books, & even papal letters. They include man-sized snails, snails hovering in mid air, & man/snail hybrids ridden by rabbits. Their origins are a mystery
VMkrB TIL James Cameron sold the rights to The Terminator for $1 on the condition he could direct the film. He regrets making the decision to sell but he regains the rights back to the franchise in 2019 due to changes in copyright law
Zp75B TIL English used to be a grammatically gendered language with nouns being treated as masculine, feminine, or neuter.
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