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Til in 2000, a convicted murderer on death row's execution was denied because he was "too fat to hang"

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X0jlX TIL that in 1965, Angus Barbieri fasted for 365 days straight, during when he lost a staggering 456 pounds (207 kilograms)!
nRYG TIL that in 2009, Robert Downey Jr. was detained at a Japanese airport and held for 6 hours after authorities ran his passport and saw he’d failed to mention his previous convictions. He was eventually allowed to attend the ‘Iron Man’ premiere on the terms that he “never returned to Japan again.”
OoQwa TIL Japan celebrates Easter, but with no Christian connotations, as a spring family holiday
x6yB TIL Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined the offer
R5MGQ TIL that satellites in geosynchronous orbit generally retain a spacing of at least 73 km's from one another.