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

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ZBLp TIL that patients in US treated by foreign doctors are less likely to die than those treated by their American-trained colleagues.
wLBxP TIL about Lima Syndrome, the opposite of Stockholm Syndrome. It is a situation where the captors develop sympathy for their captives.
rB7o TIL A tall person on average annually makes $789 more per inch than a shorter person
p8POO TIL Cranberries aren't grown under water, instead the fields are flooded with 18 inches of water the night before, in order to harvest the cranberries easier.
9Gmm TIL the only Western academic degree displayed by North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in his official residence, the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, was a doctorate degree from Kensington University, a “distance learning” diploma mill shut down in 2003 by a court order