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TIL that half of all US food produce is thrown away (left in the field to rot, fed to livestock or hauled directly from the field to landfill) because of unrealistic and unyielding "cosmetic food" standards!

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VMxAD TIL the melody of the Dance of the Suger Plumb Fairy from the Nutcracker is played on an instrument called the celesta
78g0x TIL the first time that a sighting of orcas killing a great white shark in Australian waters was documented was by a group of 23 tourists while shark cage diving. The group watched as a pod of 4 adults and 2 calves would herd the shark to the surface and slam it until the hunt was completed.
wL7x8 Til, Heracleitus, sick with Dropsy, tried to cure it by covering himself in cow dung, thinking that it would draw the bad humours out. One version claims that the manure was too wet and he drowned in it, another that it was too dry and he dried out, third version says dogs ate him whole.
eppY5 TIL that the platypus and echidna are the only 2 species of mammal that lay eggs
Xer6 TIL In Lake Huron, there is an island named Manitoulin Island. On this island, there is a lake called Lake Mindemoya. In this lake lies Treasure island, also known as, “the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake in the world.”