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TIL James Blunt(singer) developed scurvy in university when he ate only meat for two months 'out of principle' to annoy vegetarian classmates

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Lawr TIL. China wants to give all of its citizens a score – and their rating could affect every area of their lives .
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).
v1xoB TIL that suicides increased by 10% in the months after the death of Robin Williams
jAPp TIL that the United States gave asylum to Nazi war criminals for decades and then tried to cover it up until they were sued under the Freedom of Information Act.
AN9Ko TIL that a subspecies of bird known as the Aldabra Rail evolved twice, successfully coming back from extinction.