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TIL that a girl has eaten almost nothing but ramen noodles since she was 5 years old. She is now 18 and has the equivalent health of an 80 year old.

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4XGd5 TIL that when Hurricane Ivan was in the Gulf of Mexico in 2004, pressure sensors on the ocean floor detected a freak wave 91 feet tall. Computer simulations suggested that at the storm's peak as a Category 5 it was producing waves over 130 feet high.
LQbmm TIL that high fructose corn syrup and sucrose (table sugar) have similar ratios of fructose and glucose: 55:42 and 50:50 respectively.
Xkgj TIL In Norway, 99% of electricity production is from hydroelectric plants. They plan to increase annual production by 15 terawatt-hours (12%) by 2020 and could double installed capacity if they build new cross-border links to ship the surplus electricity abroad.
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