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TIL that rice does not need to be grown in water, but since it can survive it, it is done so that weeds and other pests can be controlled, leading to higher yields.

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R7Q46 TIL in 14th December 1971, just two days before officially losing the war, Pakistan made a final effort was made to kill as many intellectuals (including professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers etc.) as possible, to eliminate the future leaders of the new nation of Bangladesh.
nWxO9 TIL Terrence Howard, the actor from Empire and Iron Man (I), studied chemical engineering until he dropped out after disagreeing with a professor, with Howard insisting that 1x1 = 2, explaining "you can't conform when you know innately that something is wrong".
xVVoo TIL Athletes in the Olympic Village reportedly used 70,000 condoms at the 2000 games, and 100,000 at the 2008 games. About 450,000 were provided in 2016.
d8KEr TIL that the Pompeii masturbating man, was not in fact popping one off. In an anti climactic fashion, his position is likely due to instant rigor mortis due to the extreme heat from the eruption.
xVYXB TIL: In the early 1900s, some American parents started the trend of transporting their children by mail. The first child to be mailed was 8-month-old James Beagle. He was sent a few miles away to his grandmother for 15 cents (insured for 50 dollars). The process was made illegal a few years later.