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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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pkOO TIL in 1974 Lorne Michaels offered $3000 on SNL for the Beatles to reunite, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, both of whom happened to be watching the show together at Lennons home, considered walking over to the studio just a few blocks away, but decided not to because they were tired.
VyED TIL the youngest Olympic athlete in Rio ‘16 was born in 2002
nWXBb TIL a nuclear accident at SL-1 created a burst of steam so powerful that a piston-like effect threw the whole 26 000 pound nuclear reactor vessel over nine feet upward. The cause of the incident isn't known because the workers didn't explain why they removed a necessary rod prior to the explosion.
b9XP0 TIL that Mary, from the nursery rhyme "Mary Had A Little Lamb," 's real name was Mary Sawyer. She was an 11-year-old girl who lived in Boston and one day was followed to school by her pet lamb. In the late 1860s, she helped raise money for an old church by selling wool from the lamb.
dDAdB TIL that weather reporters often face harassment and receive death threats when viewers are dissatisfied with their forecast, or if an important forecast disrupts their preferred TV program.