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TIL when the UK did a trial of rationing right at the beginning of WW2 – the only negative effects were a "remarkable increase in flatulence" and a 250% increase in fecal volume

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7kBP TIL Betty White is older than sliced bread
LKk9 TIL Michael Phelps annually visits Johns Hopkins to monitor the possibility of Marfan Syndrome. A disease with symptoms including abnormally long limbs, slender physique and extreme flexibility.
5VKpn TIL India's total casualties in WWII are larger than the UK's and USA's combined.
R7kXj TIL: The eruption of mount vesuvius, which decimated pompeii, occoured on 24 August AD 79, just one day after Vulcanalia, the festival of the Roman god of fire, including that from volcanoes.
M9K0 TIL Harry Houdini bought his own airplane and flew it in Australia just 6 years after the Wright brothers made their first flight.