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TIL of a French soldier who was taken as a POW and fed only potatoes during his captivity, and survived. Feeling like he should have died, he made it his life’s mission to convince the world of the nutritional value of potatoes, and his tomb in France is decorated with potatoes as a tribute.

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e7v6 TIL Katie Green, a spokesmodel for Wonderbra, appeared in FHM, and was voted number 3 on the ‘Best Bodies’ list. She was asked to lose 28lbs, making her ill and decided to quite modeling. She started a campaign 'Say No To Size Zero’, to ban all size zero models with an unhealthy BMI from catwalks.
R5nG7 TIL there is an official IRS guide for: What to Do When the Taxpayer Threatens Suicide
wLedM TIL Chicagoan Corey Taylor was so frustrated with his Verizon cellphone service that he faked his own death to get out of his contract without paying $175.
6paY TIL of Sufiah Yusof, a genius child enrolled at Oxford at 12 who became a prostitute entertaining clients with her ability to recite equations during sexual acts.
EgKbo TIL: Supersisters was a set of 72 trading cards produced and distributed in the United States in 1979. They featured famous women from politics, media and entertainment, culture, sports, and other areas of achievement.