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

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8g6X TIL that scurvy was documented as a disease by Hippocrates, and Egyptians have recorded its symptoms as early as 1550 BC. The knowledge that consuming foods containing vitamin C is a cure for scurvy has been repeatedly rediscovered and forgotten into the early 20th century.
wLjP7 TIL bees can fly higher than 29,525 feet above sea level. That’s higher than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
9w696 TIL The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) was nominated for Record of the Year at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards
m8mE TIL some game companies made the game harder if it was pirated rather than implementing DRM
LQ9d TIL the word “decimate” comes from the Roman practice of killing 1 of every 10 soldiers as punishment for mutiny or cowardice