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TIL that North Koreans eat 375 calories a day

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8aDQX TIL: Dorothy Hodgkin was the only British Woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She battled arthritis since her late twenties, raised three children and survived a war. A Royal Society Fellowship was set up in her name to help women who wanted to be both career scientist and raise children
JYde4 TIL due to a 4 year old boy misunderstanding his mother, young children diagnosed with cystic fibrosis are taught to say "65 roses" to help them pronounce the condition.
VBA88 TIL that after the 1984 McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, Burger King suspended all of their advertising in solidarity with McDonald's.
5YKRP TIL Alberta Canada is the largest inhabited land mass that has no rat population. Every territory surrounding it has rats, but high rat control efforts have kept them out.
gM8NA TIL that there are only 3 original citrus fruits: pommelo, citron and mandarin. Most other citrus fruits are hybrdis of these 3 (eg. orange= pommelo x mandarin)