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TIL Venezuela is the least food secure country in the world

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QNQ8L TIL After poisoning Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the perpetrators disposed of the evidence (disguised as a perfume bottle) in a rubbish bin. The bottle was recovered and brought home where a woman applied it to her skin and she later died
4X9Mg TIL The film The Wolf of Wall Street was alleged by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to have been financed by money stolen from the Malaysian 1MDB sovereign wealth fund by producer Riza Aziz who pled not guilty to charges laid in July 2019.
PO7J TIL the entire crew of the USS William D Porter, a WW2 destroyer, were placed under arrest after accidentally firing a torpedo at President Roosevelt aboard the USS Iowa during training drills. Other mishaps and failings give the ship one of the worst careers in history.
vJnD TIL that Sudbury, Ontario is located within the second largest known crater on Earth, formed by an impact larger than the asteroid that made the dinosaurs go extinct
o5o7 TIL in France the law on unused food was canceled. It is only a voluntary agreement between supermarkets and the government with no penalties in cases of non-compliance.