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

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4XwXb TIL: The Golden Gate Bridge's famed color, "International Orange" selected by architect Irving Morrow for aesthetics and for visibility in fog, won out over the US Navy's preferred color scheme. The Navy wanted it black with yellow safety stripes --the better for ships to see it.
J7R1 TIL Miley Cyrus’ dad is on the PTC’s advisory board. The organization’s mission is to “protect children from graphic and gratuitous programming and to restore responsibility to the entertainment industry.”
69mOm TIL that alpine frogs take part in a three to four day annual orgy; some males even embrace their partners in autumn and cling to them all winter until this super productive spring event.
Y715A TIL that the original Bambi novel was actually an allegory about antisemitism
eplWD TIL Mimosa flower is the symbol of the International Women's Day (Mar 8th) in Italy -- some men give a mimosa bouquet to their wives, female family members, and colleagues at workplaces