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TIL the different standard sizes of beds.

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7V0x TIL: That a man in the 60’s starved himself for a year under medical supervision and survived. He lost 275 lbs!
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ymBe TIL in 1719, prisoners in Paris were allowed to go free, under the condition that they marry prostitutes and go with them to Louisiana. The newly married couples were chained together and taken to the port of embarkation.
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