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TIL it’s illegal to serve medium rare burgers in Canada

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8akgG TIL Individuals who are sleep deprived may eat up to more than 500 additional calories, compared to someone getting enough sleep
ep5YJ TIL of 20-year-old Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, who was tortured to death in 2017 by six students at his university after he was accused of stealing from one of them. The students took turns pressing a steam iron against his skin, causing burns over 80% of his body.
NVL1 TIL that the quietest room in the world is so quiet, you can hear your own organs work, and causes hallucinations within 30 minutes.
yVbeX TIL the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university, Yung Wing, arrived at Yale in 1850 and later helped send 120 more students to America.
J1LQ8 TIL that when Consuelo Velázquez wrote her most famous song in 1932, Bésame mucho ("Kiss me a lot"), she had, according to her, never been kissed yet at the time.