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TIL that prior to the 1920s, up to 70% of children in parts of the United States had goiters due to iodine deficiency.

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jQnX TIL that China’s “SkyCity”, planned in 2013 to be the tallest building in the world and also to be built within record time of 90 days, is now a massive fish pond.
X0jmR TIL in the 1946 California gubernatorial election, Earl Warren was the nominee for both the Republican and Democratic Party. He won with 91.64% of the vote and the candidate in second place was the nominee for the Prohibition Party.
JmeV TIL Benoit B. Mandelbrot’s middle initial stands for Benoit B. Mandelbrot. The father of fractal geometry has a name that is a fractal.
7rDyx TIL that the original name for Mike Teavee in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was “Herpes Trout”
V1g0 TIL Jake Lloyd, who played Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace, was so tormented as a result of his role that he gave up acting. “Other children were really mean to me…They would make the sound of the lightsaber every time they saw me.”