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TIL Venezuela is the least food secure country in the world

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a8XWb TIL an AC-130 Spectre gunship used in Transformers (2007) was painted with a Decepticon kill marking, making it the only military aircraft shown with a confirmed Decepticon “kill” tally.
KYRLw TIL that thousands of authors unintentionally created a complete 24-hour clock, with quotes marking every minute from midnight to 11:59 p.m. !
QJgKE TIL fed up by people frequently urinating against houses, a community in Hamburg's red light district started painting walls with water repellent paint so if someone urinate against the wall, their pee would splash off the surface to their shoes.
m1m1p TIL US researchers found an inverse correlation between testicular size and the degree to which men participated in aspects of parenthood, such as changing diapers and feeding duties.
wLdl7 TIL about Muezza, the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's cat. It is said that sometimes Muhammad gave sermons with the cat in his lap, and that Muhammad cut a piece off his clothes as to not disturb the cat from his rest on said clothes. As such, Muslims hold cats as cherished and lovable creatures.