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TIL a gaming PC can be more efficient than at space heater at heating your room

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p8XB4 TIL in ancient Korea, rice was used as currency and to pay taxes. A rice payment law was even put in place during the 1600s which mandated collecting rice for state taxes. Consumption of rice was mostly limited to those from a higher socioeconomic status during this time.
GY5k5 TIL not only did Victor Fleming direct Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, both movies were released one after the other in the same year in 1939.
DQxGV TIL Deer Hunting Has A Conspiracy: it pertains to the largest rack ever submitted for the record, and why the Mitch Rompola Buck doesnt hold the title amid accusations of fakery.
Lkd6V TIL ketchup started as a Chinese fish-based sauce, then it was picked up by the British and made into a mushroom-based sauce, and finally picked up by the Americans and made into a tomato-based sauce.
Bb7W TIL That in France it is illegal to deny that the holocaust happened.