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AnOB TIL India has the largest government midday meal program in the world, feeding 120 million students per day for free.
oBN67 TIL the origin of the phrase “hold a candle to”. When a craftsman and their apprentice would work in the dark, and the apprentice would hold a candle so the master could see. Telling someone they can’t even hold a candle for you, let alone do the complicated job you’re doing, is insulting.
VP0Q TIL that the half-penny was discontinued in 1857 when the U.S realized it was worth too little; however, when the half-penny was removed, it had more purchasing power than today’s dime.
Wk9GB TIL In The Descent of Man, Darwin wrote only twice of “survival of the fittest” but 95 times about love , 92 times about moral sensitivity, and 200 times about mind and brain!
jNOgp TIL that there is a psychological disorder called Boanthropy in which the afflicted believes that they are a cow/ox and behaves as such.