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TIL that researchers found that growing up poor promotes eating in the absence of hunger in adulthood, regardless of one’s financial status as an adult.

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1aREX TIL "Classy" Freddie Blassie, who wrestled between 1950 to 1970 was so hated that he had been stabbed 21 times by different fans and even had acid thrown at him during a match. He also caused multiple heart attacks in Japan after brutalising Japanese hero Rikidōzan during a match.
VBd0G TIL that a genetic disease might have been behind Henry VIII’s low number of surviving children and his crazed behavior in his middle and later years.
awN0N TIL the sailfish is considered by scientists to be the fastest swimming marine creature in the world, though not all experts agree. This fish has been clocked travelling in excess of 68 mph.
DmZD TIL That King Charles II of Spain and last of the Spanish Hapsburg rulers was so inbred that his grandmother was also his aunt and all of his great-grandparents were cousins.
9wMA6 TIL that in 2016, Saturday Night Live Korea faced controversy when female staffers groped members of K-Pop bands B1A4, INFINITE and B Block.