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TIL half of the world’s food is wasted worldwide.

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Egdkp TIL that Bobby Farrell of Boney M died on the same day of the year and in the same city as Rasputin
VQym TIL there is an abandoned subway station under City Hall in New York that no train stops at but that you can see in passing if you take the number 6 train
WkEQo TIL that besides winter hibernation, there are also species of animals that go into a state of dormancy during the dry and hot summer months. This is called aestivation.
epKv6 TIL that the deepest scuba dive of all time was 1,090 feet, set by Ahmed Gabr in 2014. It took him nearly a decade to properly prepare for the dive. While the descent took only 15 minutes, the ascent back to the surface took over 13 hours.
vpK8 TIL Retired NYC subway cars are thrown into the Atlantic Ocean to help create artificial reefs.