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TIL South Korea is the only country on earth with almost zero food waste

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N7QV8 TIL ancient folklore saved several native tribes during the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami (death toll 230,000). While many locals and tourists ventured curiously into the receding waters, the natives fled, citing "huge shaking of ground followed by high wall of water"
wvE1 TIL that with the money from doing Nespresso ads, George Clooney spends maintaining a satellite over the bordet of North and South Sudan to “keep an eye” on the Sudan President
ADyel TIL about the Montreal Protocol of 1987, which is the only environmental treaty signed by every country in the world to stop the depletion of the ozone layer. Thanks to the treaty, 98% of ozone-depleting substances have been phased out and 2 million people are saved from skin cancer each year.
EnJW TIL that if you arrest a Catholic bishop, you are automatically excommunicated.
9YQXD TIL After learning of MLK's death, RFK delivered a speech in the "heart of the African-American Ghetto of Indianapolis," informing the people of his death and attempting to keep the peace, as well. Indianapolis was one of the few cities that did not riot that night, thanks in part to RFK's speech.