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TIL that reddit launched a commenting system six months after reddit was launched

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wyDJ TIL that the owner of the field where Teletubbies were filmed flooded the hill to stop tourists trespassing.
nQYP TIL that the second smallest size classification of an iceberg is called a “Bergy Bit”
Bra1e TIL of Qian Xuesen, a Chinese aerospace engineer who was a founding member of JPL. When he was stripped of his security clearances during the Red Scare despite protests by his colleagues, he moved back to China where he became well known as the "Father of Chinese Rocketry"
R5xlQ TIL the vast majority of cheese isn't vegetarian
LkOyV TIL that in 1965, a morbidly obese man didn't eat food for over an entire year. The 27 year old was 456lbs and was put under an experimental fast by doctors. He ingested only multivitamins and potassium tablets for 382 days and defecated once every 40 to 50 days. He ended up losing 275lbs.