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TIL that food waste in America is 80 billion lbs a year

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KYeMJ TIL that the sharpest teeth in history didn’t belong to sharks or even dinosaurs. They came from conodonts tiny eel-like creatures that lived 500 to 200 million years ago. Their tooth tips were just two micrometres wide, about 1/20th the width of a human hair, making them the sharpest ever measured.
9Y4LG TIL that the inventor of the frisbee was cremated after his death and was turned into several frisbees. One was thrown on the roof of his memorial museum as a sign of respect.
PrAZ TIL that 555 is how Thais laugh via text message as “5” is pronounced “hâa” in Thai, and also how Chinese cry via text as “5” is pronounced “wu”.
kOYad TIL of Robert Smalls, a slave who freed himself his crew & their families by overtaking Confederate ship, CSS Planter, and sailing it north. The ship contained a code book letting them pass CSA checkpoints. He became new captain of the ship & convinced Lincoln to admit African Americans to the Army
NXr4N TIL: London has the most foreign-born people of any city in the world at 40%