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TIL that breakdancing is a new medal event to be introduced in Paris 2024

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nWV8o TIL Today, there are an estimated 12 million children struggling with hunger in America.
x6AOg TIL that there's an annual soccer competition, called the Muratti Vase, inaugurated in 1905, between teams representing the Channel Islands of Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey. Jersey won it 57 times, Guernsey 46 times and Alderney just once in 1920 and hasn't been to a final in almost 90 years
PY8vg TIL Charles Schulz always disliked the title of Peanuts, which was given to his comic strip by the syndicate. In a 1987 interview, Schulz said of it: "It's totally ridiculous, has no meaning, is simply confusing, and has no dignity—and I think my humor has dignity."
oB1RL TIL that in 2002, the term for schizophrenia in Japan was changed from "mind-split disease" to "integration disorder" to reduce stigma. In three years, the percentage of people who were informed of the diagnosis of schizophrenia rose from 37 to 70%. A similar change was made in South Korea.
mx9Kp TIL Americans produced an average of 4.5 pounds of trash per person per day. And while that may seem like a lot of trash, it was actually one of the lowest estimates since 1990. Things keep improving.