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

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78OVx TIL in May 1945, the 12th Army Group under the command of Omar Bradley numbered 1.3 million men in 43 divisions, and is the largest group of US soldiers to ever serve under an American field commander.
69DAW TIL: Radio station KUOW accidentally used an extensionless image for its logo on its stream. This caused Mazda infotainment systems to be permanently stuck on KUOW if it tuned in, because it didn't know what to do with an extensionless image, requiring a total replacement costing $1500
91bp TIL the asparagus we eat is actually the young shoot of the asparagus plant, which can grow up to 5ft tall and bears poisonous berries.
Oyy1 TIL James Madison proposed creating the Senate to protect the very wealthy from the poor: “Landholders ought to have a share in the government […]. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. The senate, therefore, ought to be this body”
R7kg1 TIL that botox injections are sometimes used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's Disease like drooling