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TIL: Conflict in Sudan generated that 15 million people are experiencing acute food insecurity

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aRlL TIL that diarrhea was the leading cause of death in the American Civil War and soldiers had an honor code against shooting someone that was pooping.
xV8XB TIL After a composer released a song that was just 60 seconds of silence, he was sued by the estate of a man who had released a similar track, called 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. His defense was, "I have been able to say in one minute what he could only say in four minutes and 33 seconds"
D11gp TIL that the Chinese government banned Winnie the Pooh for looking too much like their President
69MZm TIL There is no record of a cheetah ever killing a human in the wild
E6np TIL the German word for ‘birth control pill’ is 'antibabypille’