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TIL that here In the United States, food waste is estimated at between 30–40 percent of the food supply and that’s enough to fill a 90,000-seat stadium every single day.

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yQWOa TIL that in 2013 a French businessman died of a heart attack while having sex with a stranger while on a business trip. A French court subsequently ruled that this was an industrial accident and that his wife and family were entitled to compensation
G485 TIL that, although Saint Patrick is famous for ridding Ireland of snakes, there was no evidence of there being snakes in Ireland in the first placs
xmmk TIL Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings died in a fiery car accident that resembled a ‘car cyber attack.’ Before he died, Hastings said that he was “onto a big story”, that he needed to “go off the radar”, and that the FBI might interview him.
a9VM TIL that His Holiness the Dalai Lama feels that the institution of the Dalai Lama has served its purpose and considers himself to be semi-retired.
voZB TIL that Hitler came to power in a democracy with a highly liberal constitution, and in part by using democratic freedoms to undermine and then destroy democracy itself.