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TIL of a study where two men ate only meat for a year and remained perfectly healthy

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4XXE6 TIL that in 1980, Ronald Graham offered a prize of $100 for anyone who could solve his "Boolean Pythagorean Triples Problem." Last year, three computer scientists solved the puzzle, using a supercomputer over the course of 2 days, and came out with a proof that takes up 200TB of storage space.
VBEOk TIL pink was the colour for boys in the early 20th century
RQ6l TIL of ‘Red Shirt Guy’ who stumped a panel of World Of Warcraft devs during a Q&A at BlizzCon, 2010, after asking about an inconsistency in the lore. Later, an NPC was introduced into the game who wore a bright red shirt and was named Wildhammer Fact Checker.
RAJ4 TIL a motorist on a quiet highway stopped in the middle of a lane in order to allow a family of ducks to cross unharmed. By doing so, she caused a major accident that killed two people.
9YjRm TIL In 1944, a crossword writer for The Daily Telegraph caused alarm at MI-5 by accidentally publishing information on the impending D-Day landings. "Utah", "Omaha", "Overlord" and other codewords all appeared in his work a month before the invasion. It turned out to be entirely harmless chance.