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TIL around 58 billion meals worth of food goes uneaten every year in the US.

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1jKV TIL Gangsta’s Paradise is one of the few Coolio songs to not feature profanity because it was the only way Stevie Wonder would authorise the sampling of his song ‘Pastime Paradise’
78nML TIL in 1977 Indian painter, PK Mahanandia, sold his belongings and cycled 4,000 miles from India to Sweden to visit his love, Charlotte von Schedvin, because he couldn't afford a plane ticket. They're now married and have 2 children
kP9E TIL Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826-1875) had psychological issues that led her to believe she had swallowed a glass grand piano.
BNEL TIL that the 15 largest ships in the world contribute as much pollution to the environment as all of the cars in the world combined
WkOad TIL As Beethoven's deafness began to affect his ability to compose properly, he sawed the legs off of his piano and used the floor as a "sounding board." He would lie on his wooden floor and hit different piano notes at various volumes to feel their vibrations to see if they fit into his composition