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TIL the president of Food for the Poor is called Robin Mahfood

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e0JD4 TIL The US is the global epicenter of tornado formation with an average of 1,200 each year. It’s the result of a unique geography that allows hot, dry air from the Southwest to flow atop moist, warm, unstable surface air east of the Rockies, with cold air at the jet-stream level overtopping it all
pxDO TIL Jamie Lee Curtis saw a photo of Christopher Guest in Rolling Stone magazine and declared to a friend “Oh, I’m going to marry that guy.” She did so five months later. They’re still married today, 31 years later.
v1Y7r TIL People with Capgras syndrome have an irrational belief that someone they know or recognize has been replaced by an imposter. Capgras syndrome is what's known as a delusional misidentification and is most commonly associated with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
d8gv7 TIL In the 90s the NBA Supersonics owner demanded Adam Sandler to stop playing The Chanukah Song that mentioned the team's owner to be Jewish since at the moment of composing it there was another owner. Years later after the incident a Jewish man bought the team making the song accurate again.
KLZR TIL Fritz Haber helped feed the world, but he also developed the first chemical weapon used in warfare. He is often referred to as “father of chemical warfare.” Haber may have saved more lives than anyone else in history, but he did so accidentally while trying to formulate new ways to kill people.