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TIL that Gracie Allen (comedienne and wife of George Burns) ran for President of the USA in 1940 on the Surprise Party ticket

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aNmZ TIL that a big part of Japanese school lunches is teaching schoolchildren food nutrition and are prepared with local produce, supporting local farmers. Famous chefs are also roped in to prepare special lunches to get feedbacks from children on what to improve on cooking for picky eaters.
YpnEx TIL that pill bugs (A.K.A rollie pollies) are actually crustaceans that adapted to live entirely on land
x6mPk TIL that in a 2024 study from the University of Illinois, 2,500 participants were asked to categorize 12 different statements as being either facts or opinions, and nearly half (45.7%) of the subjects performed no better than a coin flip.
xVwxD TIL Michigan is one of the safest states from natural disasters as shown by data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
WkarB TIL that the 12-story Soviet embassy in Indonesia was torn down in December 1990 (a year before its dissolution) due to national security concern over a mall (Plaza Indonesia) built near the building. Always thought that the current Russian embassy was also the one used by the Soviet Union.