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TIL that over 20 percent of all calories collectively consumed by humanity are from a single food… rice

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epMgD TIL about Frederick Valentich, an Australian pilot who disappeared during a flight in 1978 after reporting an unidentified object following him and saying, 'It's not an aircraft.'
oJe8 TIL That psychologists and psychiatrists were nearly required to dress as prototypical wizards before testifying in New Mexican courts.
X00nR TIL Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke believes that Earth was created 6,000 years ago despite picking up the oldest moon rock known to man dated 4.46 billion years old.
KOKna TIL: During the 2008 recession, WHO and CDC reported an increase of 5,000 suicides in the first year per country.
Z8dLY TIL The average cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds or 500,000 kg