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TIL almost 17 million children in the USA lack reliable daily access to food

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rR7Rx TIL Ladybugs are highly promiscuous cannibals and were found to have the first known case of STDs in insects
0w4vj TIL of Christopher Knight who lived as a hermit for 27, never talking to or even meeting any other human. He survived by stealing from remote cabins, scattered in the wilderness of Maine.
wRYo TIL that in 1929 Alfred Hitchcock made the first recorded “That’s what she said” joke during the filming of his movie; Blackmail.
VBKOm TIL that Brian Peck, a former dialogue coach and convicted sex offender, was pen pals with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. When Gacy was on death row, he sent Peck an autographed painting of a clown, which Peck framed in his house.
kJxwg TIL On the set of Jaws, Spielberg invited George Lucas to see the mechanical shark still in development. Lucas playfully stuck his head in its mouth, and Spielberg clamped it shut, leaving Lucas stuck. They snuck out of the workshop thinking they broke the contraption after eventually freeing him.