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TIL the International Rice Research Institute, based in the Philippines, helped other Southeast Asian nations develop and grow their rice industries during the 20th century. Today, the Philippines is the world's largest rice importer, importing from countries (Vietnam, Thailand, etc.) it once helped

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eGJD TIL moths make up a large portion of Yellowstone bears’ diets, and they can eat up to 20,000 calories worth of moths in a day.
kO7g5 TIL in an experiment, an American Cockroach registered a record speed of 5.4 km/h (3.4 mph), about 50 body lengths per second, which would be comparable to a human running at 330 km/h (210 mph).
Y7GWA TIL about Fregoli Delusion, which causes people to believe that different people they encounter are actually the same person in disguise.
LkbVr TIL that Robert Liston, is the only surgeon with a 300% mortality rate. As he brought down his saw he took his assistant’s fingers off along with the patient’s leg. The patient and his assistant died after their wounds became infected, and the spectator who collapsed was found to have died of fright
aQby TIL a 4 yo kid named Bobby Dunbar disappeared on a family trip, 8 months later they rescued him and reunited him with his family and they lived happily ever after. Nearly a hundred years later, DNA proved conclusively that the kid they rescued wasn’t Bobby Dunbar.