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TIL That today, more people worldwide suffer from obesity (1.3 billion) than hunger (900 million).

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gBYX TIL: that 47% of the population publicly defecates in India, and they can get paid one rupee to use a toilet.
OwpY TIL In 1872 A Luddite was badly wounded and locked up. They interrogated him to find the co-conspirators. As his health worsened he called over the interrogator and said “Can you keep a secret?” “Yes!” the interrogator cried. “So can I” said the Luddite and promptly died.
X0vY8 TIL James Gunn hosted a reality show about the next Scream Queen in a horror film, and eliminated a contestant uncomfortable with performing a sexual scene.
YpDjd TIL that before the start of the football season, an MIT student trained pigeons near the Harvard football stadium to respond to whistles as a prank. When the whistle was blown to begin the Harvard-Yale opening game, the field was overrun by the birds.
6Eegl TIL that part of the reason Neil Armstrong was given the honor of first man on the Moon was that he was more humble than the egotistical Buzz Aldrin