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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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Wkkjo TIL about "world's humblest president" José Mujica, former president of Uruguay, who drove a $1800 VW Beetle to work, donated most of his presidential salary to charities for the poor, and opted to lived on his farm instead of the presidential palace.
MeZJA TIL the politicization of science likely led to the famine deaths of millions in the USSR and China
8a86L TIL Rich women binge drink more and have more alcohol related problems than poor women, while the opposite is true for men.
GYG84 TIL that Burbot are commonly referred to as the "Lawyer fish" by fishermen because their heart is found right by their "rear end."
7rEYP TIL about Apocryphal Gospels: ancient writings about Jesus not recognized by the Church