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TIL that the U.S. lets 141 trillion calories of food go to waste each year

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j6GeM TIL that hair styling powder exists, after I thought my hairdresser tried to sell me illegal drugs when he asked after my haircut if I wanted powder
XEKXE TIL North Korea has a thriving business of building statues and monuments. It’s their biggest export.
awrGL TIL about an engineer named Matt Bowtell - who makes prosthetic limbs for people for free using his 3D printer.
JoG4 TIL that after Drew Barrymore posed nude in Playboy at age 19, her godfather, Steven Spielberg, sent her a quilt for her 20th birthday with a note that said “cover yourself up”. Enclosed were also the Playboy pictures, altered by his art department to make her appear fully clothed.
p8d0A TIL about the Finnish term "kalsarikänni" which translates to “drinking at home, alone, in your underwear”