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TIL that France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks.

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ANLEn TIL that Stephen Lee was one of three anti-Apartheid activists who escaped from Pretoria Prison in 1979. In 1980, the warden in charge that night was put on trial for aiding their escape. Lee wrote a letter to a South African newspaper proclaiming his innocence. The warden was eventually acquitted.
WkWAL TIL some 19th century Japanese artwork depicted westerners with the whites of their eyes as blue because the artists were confused about which part of the eye was supposed to be blue.
b6o60 TIL that special effects had to be employed in The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese's film of The Band's farewell concert, due to a visible amount of cocaine being present on Neil Young's nose during his performance.
p8Ngb TIL in 1987, the Burmese government demonetised the 25-, 35-, and 75-kyats notes without warning or compensation, rendering around 75% of the country's currency worthless and eliminating the savings of millions of Burmese. Dictator Ne Win did it bc the notes weren't divisible by his lucky number, 9.
d85B9 TIL a woman in Oklahoma was killed by a pack of wild wiener dogs.