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TIL Americans throw away 40% of all their food.

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NP41 TIL that Disney was so eager to persuade Robin Williams for the voice of the genie in Aladdin that before approaching him they animated and lip-synced the genie doing a performance from Robin’s album Reality… What a Concept. Williams was impressed and immediately accepted the role.
gR5b TIL the Italian words widely used in New Jersey differ greatly from mainstream Italian today not because of bad “copying” but because the words came from people speaking an Italian dialect that subsequently died out in Italy
ANGx TIL that female ducks have evolved a complex vagina with several dead-end pockets and tunnels in order to confuse unwanted mates and prevent fertilisation from the wrong male
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