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TIL 1 billion meals were wasted everyday while 783 million people were affected by hunger in 2022

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5Yjpn TIL baseball announcer Phil Rizzuto publicly maintained he was tricked by Meatloaf when he recorded "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and did not know the song was about sex. But Meatloaf states Rizzuto did know the truth, but felt like he had to deny it after being confronted by his parish priest.
XgGE TIL that Tim Allen almost got a life sentence for dealing coke, but got off after snitching on nearly two dozen other dealers.
4kmYN TIL that 42 buildings in New York City have their own zip code. It's either because of their size, the money they generate, or the number of people who work in them.
xVKVg TIL The theme song called “Believe In Yourself” from the kids’ show “Arthur” is recorded by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers which is a group entirely composed of the children of Bob Marley
XEO9Q TIL the phrase "I cried all the way to the bank" came from Liberace in 1956, after a newspaper crudely accused him of homosexuality and he sued—and won.