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

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gr1kL TIL Ancient pottery from West Africa have been chemically analyzed, showing organic residue of their diets. The Nok people from 3,500 years ago enjoyed quality nutrition in greens such as African eggplant, okra, cowpea and bombax, and added flavors to starch-based staples
ojkR TIL A Swedish woman filed a police complaint for harassment when a man she rejected farted before leaving her home. Police dismissed the case and said: “It’s impossible to prove that he wanted to pass particularly smelly wind on purpose.”
8aAr4 TIL Frank Lloyd Wright designed a gas station that was opened in 1958, one year before his death. It was the only gas station he designed. It is in Cloquet, MN and is still in service to this day.
VyGp TIL the solar system is moving through the Local Interstellar Cloud, proving that you are never in the same spot more than once on a cosmic scale.
R7887 TIL About Gap Creationism, a Theory of the Bible Where a Large Period of Time Exists Between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, God Creating the Earth to the Creation of Light. This Is Where Some Theorists Believe Events Such as Dinosaurs and the Ice Age Exists in the Bible.