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

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rN0go TIL that Pittsburgh had a fake Burger King. In 2014 a TV station revealed that a location of the fast food chain was using plain brown bags and odd recipes. Burger King had revoked the license but the franchisee continued until the news report, after which it became "South Side Burgers".
m1Njy TIL about John Surratt, who fled America following his assistance in the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He served with the Pontifical Zouaves in the Papal States before being recognized and was sent back to the U.S. He was released following a mistrial.
Zy6a TIL Edgar Mitchell, one of only 12 people to have walked on the moon, claims that the US and many countries governments have been covering up Alien visitations for over 60 years.
vPYG4 TIL Many schools don’t teach cursive writing anymore. When the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were introduced in 2010, they did not require U.S. students to be proficient in handwriting or cursive writing, leading many schools to remove handwriting instruction from their curriculum altogether.
jAPp TIL that the United States gave asylum to Nazi war criminals for decades and then tried to cover it up until they were sued under the Freedom of Information Act.