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TIL more than 34 million people in the US are food insecure

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epD15 TIL drag queen and actor Divine was an inspiration for Ursula in Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
VM01p TIL that a 14 year old boy named John once impersonated an MI5 agent online and "recruited" his best friend into the secret services. The initiation test was to murder... John. John became the first person in the UK to be convicted for inciting his own attempted murder.
vPmpB TIL that the Proust Phenomenon describes how odors can trigger vivid and emotional memories more effectively than other sensory cues.
ZGpB TIL: Ruth Bader Ginsburg was such a poor cook, that her husband “expelled” her from the kitchen and took charge of all cooking, despite traditional gender roles. When her husband died, the spouses of SCOTUS justices released a cookbook in his honor.
QNaBk TIL that during the Cold War, the U.S. developed the Davy Crockett, a recoilless rifle that fired one of the smallest nuclear warheads ever made.