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TIL More than 2 billion people eat insects daily.

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yQeKv TIL that Walter Cronkite fired a machine gun at a German fighter plane while accompanying an American bomber crew on a raid over Germany in WWII.
lndA TIL despite making up only 1% of the American population, people of Hindu Indian origin account for 40% of Silicon Valley startups and make up 5 % of Scientists, Engineers and Software Specialists
DKY TIL that Scruffy, the lovable janitor from Futurama, was a zombie.
WN5o TIL There was a giant log jam that blocked the Red River in Arkansas until the 1800’s. At one point, it was 165 miles long.
kOlYW TIL Though the royal figures on modern playing cards do not represent actual people, names were assigned to them: Charlemagne (hearts), David (spades), Caesar (diamonds), and Alexander (clubs). The names of the queens — Judith or Judic (hearts), Pallas (spades), Rachel (diamonds), and Argine (clubs)