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TIL 55% of USA Sugar is made from sugar beets, not sugar cane.

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lR7B TIL Confederate cavalry general Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. He quit the group less than two years later. In 1875 he was invited to give a speech before an organization of black Southerners advocating racial reconciliation and equality. (Speech in Comments)
R551l TIL The film Dr. No features a replica of the painting 'Portrait of the Duke of Wellington' by Goya in the villian's lair because the original had been stolen the year earlier. The replica was used for film promotion and like the original it was later stolen.
QJ7aa TIL French philosopher Voltaire was reportedly obsessed with coffee, drinking as many as 50 cups a day. This likely aided in the eccentricity of some of his writings.
lW4N TIL that a black fungus that grew inside Chernobyl that eats harmful radiation is proposed as a possible dish for future astronauts
9eEQ TIL As a teenager in Bronx, Martin Scorsese frequently rented Michael Powell’s “The Tales of Hoffmann” from a store that had one copy of the reel. When it wasn’t available, the owner often told Scorsese, “that Romero kid has it,” referring to George A. Romero.