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TIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.

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Ypm9G TIL of Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari, once the fattest man on Earth at 610 kg (1,340 lb), he started losing weight in 2013 and by 2017 after only 4 years he had successfully lost 542 kg (1,195 lb) and reached an healthy weight of 68 kg (150 lb), it was the biggest weight loss ever recorded
J1Ddk TIL that the Great Indian Bustard was a prime candidate for the National bird of India, but was sidelined due to fear of misspelling it as the Great Indian Bastard!
rRJld TIL There is a company offering testicular implants for pets, Neuticles, which aims to prevent the emotional hardship pets undergo by getting neutered.
1077 TIL the French term for brass knuckles is “Poing Américan” which literally translates to “American Fist”
BrBAk TIL Twitter, Medium and Blogger were all founded by the same person; Evan Williams.