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TIL Venezuela is the least food secure country in the world

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e9X4 TIL that half of men in Western Europe are the descendants of a single Bronze-age king
WkB98 TIL that John Cassavetes, Peter Falk & Ben Gazzara appeared quite drunk on The Dick Cavett show. They were promoting their movie "Husbands" and basically tormented Cavett for 35 minutes while flopping around, smoking and just being plain old asses. Link to clip in the comments.
b6n80 TIL of Dr Jack Matthews who was not only a doctor, a top level rugby player and a glider pilot during WW2, but he also fought Rocky Marciano to a draw in amateur boxing.
m5mp TIL that the Buccaneers were originally “legal” pirates of the French and English paid to attack Spanish ships in the caribbean. Their name, buccaneer, stemming from the native ‘buccan’, a wooden rack for smoking meats. They were hired pirates who made and ate Jerkey.
PnOV TIL studying economics makes you less likely to cooperate with others when playing the Prisoners Dilemma. The more years you have studied economics, the more self-interested you become.