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TIL Corn was genetically engineered by farmers thousands of years ago

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a8YQ0 TIL El Salvador was ranked as one of the world's safest countries in 2023.
QKrk We get it. OJ was considered for the part of the Terminator and planes have crashed (or been shot down) over the years.
QJZX9 TIL that there were plans to have George Washington be buried in a tomb beneath the rotunda of the U.S. capitol building which would have a glass floor to allow the public to view the tomb.
Z854 TIL that in 1450 a large pack of wolves killed 40 people in the middle of Paris
Br4QK TIL that during the filming of Poltergeist (1982), the clown doll nearly really killed Robbie Freeling due to an animatronic error when the clown's arm constricted too tightly around his neck. When the actor started protesting he couldn't breath, Spielberg thought he was improve acting.