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TIL Severe Vitamin D deficiency can cause seizures due to hypocalcemia (low calcium level in blood)

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V8X0 TIL that today’s children could have shorter average life spans than their parents, because so many suffer from obesity.
QN7yE TIL the Geographic Center of the contiguous states of the U.S is about 2 miles northwest of Lebanon, Kansas. It was officially established by the U.S Geological Survey and is a point where a plane map of the 48 states would balance if it were of uniform thickness.
yQLva TIL that the sale of condoms in the colours of the Australian Aboriginal flag won a public health award in 2005 for the initiative's success in improving safe sex practices among young Indigenous people.
kpm4 TIL John Cleese was the first person to utter the word ‘fuck’ at a televised British memorial service.
bjo7 TIL that the average Cheetah’s stride when it is running full speed is around 21 feet in length.