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TIL there is an NGO in Bangladesh who sells 10,000 meals daily at only 1 Taka (0.012 USD) per meal instead of giving it for free, so people don't feel like they are begging

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mxXKM TIL that in 1981 the band Rush released a vinyl called "Rush 'N' Roulette." A unique mastering process allows the chance of any of the 6 featured songs to be played.
mZ6x TIL that a female psychoanalyst from from 1940s coined the terms “womb-envy” and “vagina envy” in response to the idea of “penis envy” to describe man’s need to dominate women because of jealousy for what they cannot do biologically.
78l0L TIL A Chippewa Indian Named John Smith Who Lived In The Woods Near Cass Lake, Minnesota Claimed To Be 137 Years Old Before He Died In 1922.
ADXBB TIL that while in Sharon Springs, Theodore Roosevelt was approached by a 12-year-old girl who asked if he would like to have a badger. Expecting to humor her, he agreed, and the girl came back with a 2-week-old badger. President Roosevelt named him Josiah and he became one of the presidential pets.
wLN46 TIL Steely Dan's 1973 track, "My Old School" refers to then Dutchess County prosecutor, "Daddy G" who is none other than G. Gordon Liddy of Watergate fame