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TIL that bulimia is socially contagious. Fiji had never had a report of anyone with an eating disorder, but within three years after television was introduced in 1995, a study found 11% of Fiji’s adolescent girls had purged their food at least once. By 2007, it was 45%.

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V8G8 TIL the battle of Cannae (216BCE) is one of the greatest tactical victories in military history and Rome’s worst defeat. With 50,000 men Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca encircled and destroyed a Roman army of 86,000, killing 75,000 and capturing 10,000. Hannibal suffered only 4,000 casualties.
0dEBM TIL that despite being slightly smaller than our moon, Europa is thought to have twice the amount of water here on Earth.
R78Ql TIL that In January 2017, the Icelandic Naming Committee ruled that parents could not name their child Hel "on the grounds that the name would cause the child significant distress and trouble as it grows up".
AjQ4 TIL Raptors have been shown to start wildfires to drive their prey out into the open.
dDaNQ TIL Olfactory Aversion Conditioning was shown in a study to temporarily reduce overeating in a test group, but the weight-loss results didn't last once the study ended and the aversive stimuli were taken away