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TIL about John Arnold van Hengel, a grassroots activist and entrepreneur who, in 1967, founded St. Mary's Food Bank, the world's first food bank in Phoenix, Arizona.

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DQojv TIL about an 1100 acre artificial cave that acts as a storage facility.
Q8ZE TIL that “Red skies at night, sailor’s delight…” can be scientifically proven.
GYGK1 TIL In the ancient Roman comedic play "The Mother-in-Law," a husband falsely accuses his new wife of infidelity after she gives birth mere months into marriage. A stolen ring reveals he assaulted his future wife in a dark street before they met, and is in fact the father of the child.
awGDy TIL of a sea sponge that has a skeleton made of glass which has better strength, flexibility and fracture resistance than manufactured optic fibre.
BrJlb TIL Alexander Scourby recorded the first audio book version of the King James Bible. The American Bible Society distributed the recordings as The Talking Bible, a set of 169 LP records with a running time of 84.5 hours. Scourby recorded 422 books and considered Talking Books his most important work.