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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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gMkGA TIL that the opposite of "déjà vu" is "jamai vu" -- the sensation that you know rationally that you should be familiar with a thing, but you have an eerie sensation that you are seeing the thing for the first time.
R5PV9 TIL Spacesuits are equipped with a "spongy device" in the helmet to allow astronauts the ability to plug their nose
7rYBb TIL In 2016, the U.S. Marine Corps changed 19 official job titles, such as “infantryman,” to a gender neutral alternative, like “basic infantry Marine.”
gr6a8 TIL that all of China uses one time zone. On July 1, sunrise in the country’s east is at 3:05 am and sunset in the country’s west is at 10:26 pm. On Jamuary 1, sunrise in the west is at 10:16 am and sunset in the east is at 3:18 pm.
oRwRL TIL in the show Bluey, Rusty’s dad is in an Australian Army unit called 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment - which has the nickname ‘Bluedog’