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TIL white rice is just brown rice with its outer layer milled off.

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yxZw TIL that Australia uses the motion of the ocean to generate zero-emission electricity and desalinate water simultaneously
51k8 TIL that a string of typographical symbols (such as “@#$%&!”) used to represent an obscenity or swearword is called a “grawlix”
bjmQ TIL that only 17% of paid clinical trials in the US had their results published in the time required by law. Not publishing all trials allows drug makers to hide unflattering results, and helps medicines look safer and more effective than they really are.
e0MkJ TIL that the concept of a "rap battle" has existed since the 5th century CE. "Flyting", was a spoken word event where poets would trade insults back and forth in poetic verse.
4kRaN TIL Americans have a distinctive lean and it’s one of the first things the CIA trains operatives to fix.