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TIL one billion meals are wasted everyday

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wGL1 TIL that a fire in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2002 killed 15 school girls. The girls were not allowed to leave the burning building by the state’s religious police because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress.
Aokd TIL that there has not been a left-handed catcher to play in a MLB game for 25 years. Left-handed catchers have only caught eleven big-league games since 1902 with the last one being in 1989.
eppkE TIL that Kjeragbolten is a boulder on the mountain Kjerag in Norway. It was left in a crevasse during the last ice age, suspended above a 3,228 ft deep abyss. It is accessible without any climbing equipment, and a popular site for BASE jumping.
bBY7 TIL that a Magical Negro is a plot device used in American fiction where a black stock character offers his or her wisdom, insight, or magical powers to help a troubled, white main character
ND7N TIL that France was still executing people by guillotine when Pac Man was introduced