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TIL there's a type of broccoli called Romanesco that naturally grows in a fractal pattern

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G6wN TIL in 2013 the Saudi King Abdullah ordered Khalid Bin Mohsen Shaari, the heaviest person on the planet with a BMI of 204, to be hospitalized for weight reduction. Six months later, he had lost half his weight (320kg).
jMaQ TIL In Nara, Japan wild deer roam the city and are so well socialized that they will bow in exchange for treats
8eggb TIL Cathode-ray tubes, the technology behind old TVs and monitors, were in fact particle accelerators that beamed electrons into screens to generate light and then images
6EP8Q TIL A 17 year old was once charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation and placed on the sex offenders list for possessing nude selfies of himself.
Ew9o TIL that the Royal Navy’s nuclear-armed submarines run on an outdated version of Windows XP called “Windows for Submarines”