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TIL that in 2016, France legislated a Food Waste Law that bans supermarkets from wasting unsold food. It mandates that supermarkets must compost their leftover produce, or donate the goods to charity.

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0BMv TIL Bob Feller pitched a game against the White Sox on Mother’s Day 1939 with his family in attendance. One of his pitches was fouled off into the seats, into the face of his own mother right above the right eye, resulting in her needing seven stitches. Feller went on to win the game.
EgRo7 TIL The 1936 Xi'an Incident where Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Nationalist government of China, was arrested by two of his generals demanding he ally with the Communists to fight the Japanese. It would kickstart the first negotiations into the Chinese United Front.
grbMX TIL a group of rats were put on trial in 16th century France for destroying barley crops. Their lawyer, Barthélemy de Chasseneuz, successfully defended them.
aPb0 TIL Gandalf carried another lesser ring of power while Frodo sought to destroy the One Ring in “The Lord of the Rings”
6pmm TIL Coca-Cola Owns All 61 URLs From Ahh.com to Ahh-With-60-More-‘H’s.com