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TIL India’s Dabbawalas deliver 200,000 meals a day, making one mistake in every 6,000,000 deliveries. FedEx and Harvard are studying their methods.

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Y7kRv TIL there is a Greek-style statue of George Washington that depicts him bare-chested and with muscular figure. It is housed as the Smithsonian.
mGkY TIL most of the posthumous Vietnam War Medal of Honor decorations were awarded to those soldiers who threw their bodies on live grenades to absorb the detonation
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