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TIL that within the span of two years, Miranda Cosgrove was victim of two stalkers and the last one set himself fire killed himself on her yard.

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a8BVb TIL: Pythagoras hated beans and forbid his followers to even touch them, Da Vinci and Norbert Weiner were vegetarian, Charles Darwin ate the exotic animals he studied such as tortoises and armadillos, and Aristophanes attributed Athens' intellect to a low calorie diet.
xVemD TIL of the French Paradox, the low rate of French heart disease despite a diet rich in fat and alcohol
Wv7d TIL that a group of islands in the Pacific called the Pitcairn Islands are some of the most remote islands in the world with a population of ~50 people. The islands have a very interesting history and are accepting applications for new residents!
bWk7 TIL that the home of a female pediatrician in Wales was attacked and vandalised by Welsh kids who mistook “paedriatician” for “paedophile”
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