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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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xVdXB TIL that in 2011, an egg-sized meteorite believed to be 4.5B years old struck a home in France. The meteorite was one of 60 that have fallen in France over 400 years. The best, most coincidental part? The family’s last name was Comette.
OoRDL TIL In 2008, a man altered an old story he had written to resemble Kung Fu Panda, then sued DreamWorks for $12 million. After the court found out he was lying, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
wZ0Y TIL Pat Sajak admitted that the Wheel of Fortune took so long to film that he and Vanna used to sneak off the set for margaritas at a nearby bar. He and Vanna would have “two to six” margaritas before returning to the set, where they would “have trouble recognizing the alphabet”.
5BvQ TIL that the total GDP of California is greater than the total GDP of Russia
Z99a TIL that the author of Hatchet, Gary Paulsen, has seen shark attacks, saw his mother beat a potential molester to death in front of him, learned to shoot as a child on a naval boat, has competed in the Iditarod and a bunch of other insane stuff…