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TIL Limiting potato intake—especially in the form of French fries—is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).according to a new Harvard study that offers the most comprehensive findings to date on potatoes and T2D. (Refined Headline)

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8a0LV TIL of the Dryton and Apollonia archive, a family archive from 2nd century BC Egypt which contains info for 3 generations of a soldier's family, in the form of wills, divorce papers, financial accounts, personal letters etc
wLZJ TIL a student was given 31 electric shocks at a Massachusetts “school of last resort” as part of the school’s “­behavior-modification program.” The student, who had been diagnosed with mental retardation, can be seen on tape strapped down and screaming for six hours as the shocks are administered.
kOvg4 TIL that a skull-shaped asteroid is passing by earth after Halloween. The last time it came close to earth was Halloween 2015, within 300,000 miles.
9wvAp TIL that Halle Berry accepted her Razzie award for Catwoman by bringing her Oscar onstage and doing a parody of her emotional academy award acceptance speech.
1a98P TIL Christopher Columbus hanged, burned, or cut the hands off of hundreds of thousands of Caribbean natives for their failure to bring him a bell full of gold on an island with little to no gold. Thousands committed suicide to avoid his punishments.