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TIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — it's primarily man-made.

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785r TIL that the Emancipation Proclamation did not abolish slavery in the US. It only freed slaves in states that were still part of the Confederacy. Slaves living in areas under Union control, such as New Orleans, weren’t freed.
gMy5L TIL about the Stoned Ape Theory, which suggests that the consumption of magic mushrooms by early humans is one of the factors that led to the rapid increase of the brain/cranium size.
X0DNr TIL there is a Starbucks at the CIA known as "Stealthy Starbucks" that does not show up on GPS. Employees must go through extensive background checks and names cannot be written on cups, even aliases.
ypde TIL that it is cheaper to buy and resell a textbook than rent one
9wdd7 Today I learned the samsung phone app is a picture of a phone. NOT a capital C for call