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TIL India has the largest government midday meal program in the world, feeding 120 million students per day for free.

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8eXkK TIL that Tex-Mex has surpassed Italian as the most popular food genre in the United States
Me0gB TIL some of the first high heels were worn by ancient Egyptian butchers to avoid walking in blood
0o0p TIL the screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean was finished in the 1990s. Steven Spielberg stumbled upon it and campaigned to direct the film with Robin Williams starring as Jack Sparrow
W774B TIL that freight trains often illegally slow down Amtrak trains.
N7QXe TIL The longest walk around the world was completed by a former neon-sign salesman, Jean Beliveau. He walked 46,600 miles around 64 countries. The trip took him 11 years.