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TIL that almost half of America’s food goes to waste

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nWpJ9 TIL that nearly 10% of the population of Pingelap Atoll is achromatopsic, i.e. unable to distinguish colors but only shades of gray. This is due to a person suffering from achromatopsia who survived a Typhoon in 1775. The disease was then passed on to his descendants, and continues to this day.
6YwJ TIL that a common mormon belief is that Bigfoot is actually Cain, killer of Abel.
6E4am TIL that Mark Twain authored a revised version of The Battle Hymn of the Republic in response to the US Imperialism and the Philippine-American War in 1900. Lines include "Mine eyes have seen the orgy of the launching of the Sword" and "As Christ died to make men holy, let men die to make us rich"
XE18 TIL Horny Dolphins in the Caymans are Assaulting Divers
8ew8b TIL that Dubai's Burj Khalifa has no sewage system - so trucks have to pump out poo every day