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TIL strawberries top the 'Dirty Dozen' list of fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides

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RdQl TIL Harry Truman created the school lunch program in 1946 in response to the high number of military draftees that were rejected because of malnutrition.
Z8xnD TIL of "peine forte et dure", a type of torture used in the common law legal system when a person remained silent upon questioning. It consisted of progressively heavier stones placed upon the chest until either a plea was entered, or the person died. It’s been legal for ~500 years, until 1772.
VMO00 TIL Philosophers do have consensus over some issues: Free will is compatible with a universe ruled by cause-and-effect, Minds are purely physical (instead of spiritual), and You should switch (hitting 1 instead of 5 people) in the trolley problem.
Wk0pB TIL One bee will only make 1/12 of a teaspoon on honey in its entire life, and that Bees are the only insect in the world that make food that people can eat.
wLnEJ TIL in 1947, chess grandmaster Miguel Najdorf played a record 45 simultaneous games of blindfolded chess. He had no way of contacting any friends or family who might have survived the Holocaust, and broke the record in hopes they might see the news coverage. The record stood for 64 years.