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TIL, there is a small village in Japan that invented the practice of rice paddy art whereby 4 different strains of rice are planted in a pattern so that they form a picture once the rice matures.

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RvN4 TIL George Lucas pitched an ending to ROTJ where Luke helps Vader take off his helmet and then puts it on himself, saying “Now I am Vader. Now I will go and kill the [Rebel] fleet and I will rule the universe”. His co-writer, Lawrence Kasdan, liked the idea, but Lucas decided not to go that dark.
kOLXe TIL, climbers on Mt. Everest, use the corpses of other unfortunate climbers, as waypoints up the mountain.
x6BRk TIL that Polio is one of only two diseases currently the subject of a global eradication program, the other being Guinea worm disease. So far, the only diseases completely eradicated by humankind are smallpox, declared eradicated in 1980, and rinderpest, declared eradicated in 2011.
Oo5e TIL that more intelligent people, statistically, are more likely to use psychoactive substances such as marijuana or cocaine than less intelligent people
69XRQ TIL: The smell of rotting potatoes can kill you