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TIL Glutinous Rice Does Not Contain Any Gluten

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wo0d6 TIL that Victor Miller who wrote the screenplay for the original 1980 horror movie Friday the 13th hasn't watched any of the sequels, because he was upset that the franchise producers made Jason into the killer instead of it being his mother like in the original.
OV4e TIL That While Tesla was listening on the radio, Marconi was transmitting. Tesla believed he had heard Mars when in actuality he had only heard the only other radio on earth that was coincidentally broadcasting.
kyJ5 TIL that whales were originally land mammals similar to hippos. It wasn’t until after many millions of years had passed that they began to live in water.
16gyV TIL the UK experiences more tornados per year than any other country in the world relative to its land area.
wLDKW TIL that Richard Vallières stole more than $18.7 million worth of maple syrup from a facility in Quebec between 2011-2012, making it the largest heist in Canadian history.