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TIL up to 40% of the United States food supply goes uneaten

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rRRDM TIL that manufacturing is cheaper in China because of subsidies - energy, land and raw material subsidies, low cost loans at both state and federal levels and not because of low labor costs or scale (SEA and SA are cheaper)
EgpNP TIL In Sweden the 25% of highest earners have almost 3 times more kids than the 25% lowest earners (2.3 vs 0.8)
LQw8Q TIL That More than 60% of U.S. smokers have unsuccessfully tried to stop smoking in the past year, a 2017 study found.
MeNo8 TIL African wild dogs vote on pack decisions, like when to hunt, by sneezing. They do this after making a camp for greeting ceremonies called “social rallies”.
a8nay TIL that a California court ruled that a man was not entitled to the $3 billion market value of his cells, which his doctor had secretly commercialized after removing his spleen.