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TIL of Angus Barbieri, who fasted for 382 days in order to lose weight. He ate nothing, and had only zero calorie drinks, vitamins, electrolytes and yeast. He successfully lost the weight, and returned to normal life.

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pWGN TIL The best selling drink in every country on Earth is either Coca-cola or a drink owned by the Coca-Cola company - except for one place. Scotlands own ‘Irn-Bru’ has remained the undefeated drink of choice on its home turf for over a century.
epmrb TIL in the 1950s General Motors sponsored three Looney Tunes episodes to promote capitalist ideas.
Z8Ona TIL In Australia, the Henley-on-Todd Regatta is held annually on the dry Todd riverbed. Competitors run down the course carrying bottomless boats. It was cancelled once, in 1993, due to flooding
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MgdB TIL that the beginning of Stephen King’s first published novel Carrie was rescued from the trash by his wife Tabby, who then convinced him to finish it.