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TIL Sand Dollars Are Animals

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xVWbD TIL in the 1970s "Wimpy Bars" (one of the era’s largest fast food restaurant chains in the UK) used to refuse entry to women on their own after midnight. This may have been on the assumption that they were prostitutes.
vPjb7 Today I learned the largest weight lost ever is held by Khalid bin Mohsen Shaar, who lost a total of 1,195 pounds! Starting at 1,340 pounds (610kg) and ending at 150 pounds (68kg)! He’s listed as the 2nd heaviest human ever at his heaviest.
XE55k TIL that more high-ranking Nazi officers died in the Czechoslovakian car Tatra 77a and 87 than in active combat, prompting Hitler to ban his officers from driving them. It was nicknamed the "Czech secret weapon" by the Allied forces.
Am9x TIL that Cephalopods (Octopus) have been known to climb out of their aquaria, maneuver a distance of the lab floor, enter another aquarium to feed on the crabs, and then return to their own aquarium.
QJr69 TIL Compared to older students, students who are relatively younger at school entry tend to have worse academic performance and lower levels of income.