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TIL that in 2008, Harvard created their own version of the classic Food Pyramid that more accurately reflected dietary science.

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mxnWM TIL there are more captive tigers in the US than wild ones in the rest of the world. There are as many as 7,000 tigers living in the US either in zoos or privately owned, according to some estimates. That's nearly double the estimated 3,890 tigers still prowling in the wild around the world.
8aZo8 TIL that on two separate occasions (first in 1869 and again in 1912) the sitting president of Haiti was killed when a stockpile of ammunition placed in the National Palace ignited, destroying the structure in a massive explosion.
pvd4 TIL that the Urban Dictionary was uploaded to Watson (Jeopardy AI) and it started swearing
9dAM TIL Eminem repeated the 9th grade 3 times before dropping out of school
ejxL TIL that during a revolt at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, a member of the SS was stabbed, then burned alive in a crematorium oven