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TIL 40% of fresh produce is wasted and not sold in stores because it “looks ugly”

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5VOak TIL Sweden was the first neutral country to formally recognise USA in 1783 (not Morocco! which was 1786) did not participate in the war of independence
x66M0 TIL rawhide bones can be dangerous, even fatal for dogs
a8NW0 TIL about Swyer syndrome where a born female appearing person can have both x and y chromosomes
e0D9E TIL of the Knights of Malta, a sovereign entity (part of the U.N. General Assembly) with 13,500 knights, 40,000 doctors and a further 80,000 volunteers. They have only 2 official citizens, but they still issue passports, coins and postage stamps despite having no physical land or territory
l7n1B TIL that after writing Pet Sematary, Stephen King hid it away and intended to never publish it, believing it was too disturbing. It was only published because his contract with a former publisher required him to give them one more novel. He considers it the scariest thing he's ever written.