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

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x4Dg TIL that 5.5 million people died in a famine under British rule in India. Around the same time, Lord Lytton, the Vice Roy of India was engaged in a fabulous celebration with over 60 000 guests to be wined and fed for the coronation of Queen Victoria as the Empress of India.
XEJZR TIL that fudge was popularized by rebellious women in the early days of women being able to attend college. They had strict curfews so they would rebel by holding late night snack parties in their dorms and secretly cooking fudge over gas lamps. It became a cliche that women's education = fudge.
DWrD TIL Boris Yeltsin signed a presidential decree in 1996 that gave the old Soviet flag similar status as the Russian national flag and it is still flown on certain holidays
aw1xA TIL in Texas' first drive-thru strip club has 2-song limit
7b4p TIL that because maple syrup doesn’t always look good on camera, many food advertisers replace it with motor oil in commercials.