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TIL one billion meals are wasted everyday

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dgw7 TIL The Massachusetts Bay Company had a “Stubborn Child Law” that allowed parents to put their defiant children to death
v1gO4 TIL that Cleopatra claimed pickles made her beautiful
4kDxo TIL from 1775 - 1779, the United States printed a currency called "Continental Currency." The currency was rapidly depreciated due to excessive printing and banknotes were so worthless that people stopped using them after 1781.
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