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TIL that “with no special skill or expertise, Greg Packer has been quoted by media outlets nearly a thousand times… Greg’s campaign to be the most quoted man in news has been so successful that the Associated Press sent its staff a memo that essentially banned interviews with him”

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Zweo TIL that the 56,000 tonnes of food that Band Aid/Live Aid raised to relieve the 1983-85 Ethiopian Famine was left to rot at port due to Ethiopian Government Policies.
JYxGv TIL that old fire houses had towers constructed to hang the firehoses up to dry. Canvas hoses had to be dried thoroughly to avoid deterioration.
R7j0Q TIL Army Ants Are Being Used To Stitch Up Wounds In The Villages Of Africa
a8J0L TIL that Dunkin has Optional End of day food donation program for franchises to lessen food waste. Introduced in 2021.
d85DE TIL of HMS Electra, a British WW2 destroyer that saved the three survivors of HMS Hood, rescued 571 men off HMS Repulse at the Battle of Kuantan, and was sunk at the Battle of the Java Sea in a lone suicide attack against the Japanese fleet, buying time for the crippled cruiser HMS Exeter to escape.