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TIL A 27-year-old male patient fasted under supervision for 382 days and went from 456 to 180 lbs.

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GZNG TIL A 1994 Colombian World Cup Player was killed for scoring against his team
PYOXV TIL that the King of Prussia had a personal army of 3000 tall men and admitted, "The most beautiful girl or woman in the world would be a matter of indifference to me, but tall soldiers—they are my weakness"
WkwDY TIL about The Streisand effect (named after Barbara Streisand)- a phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.
OobgY TIL we went from Trentino to Quarantino as cities extended the isolation period of illness from 30 to 40 days. [Trentine means 30 days isolation. Quarantine means 40 days isolation.]
69GkY TIL that reported sightings of members of the lost Franklin Expedition by the Inuit didn’t cease until 1858. Meaning it’s possible that some of the crew survived for 13 years after the expedition entered the arctic, 11 years after the death of Franklin, and 10 years after abandoning their ships