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TIL that anorexia just means loss of appetite. The eating disorder is anorexia nervosa.

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lA0N TIL there are 558,000 USA WWII veterans still alive today.
Jn1j TIL In North Korea it is the year 103, not 2014. This is because their calendar is based around the birth of Kim Il-Sung
M7JpA TIL That the Motion Picture Production Code not only censored things like profanity and sexuality, it also prevented a number of anti-Nazi movies from being made in the 1930’s due to it’s prohibition of “another country’s institutions and prominent people” being depicted “in an unfavorable light”.
JoXl TIL Joe Greenstein, American strongman, survived a bullet to the forehead (bullet flattened on his skull) then years later went on to beat 18 nazi sympathizers with a baseball bat and escaped unharmed
69vaX TIL that there are "kangaroo trucks" in brazil with backs raised up to 2 meters high. This is important to prevent highway robbers reaching the back of the trucks.