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TIL that Franklin D. Roosevelt likely had Guillain-Barré Syndrome, not Polio.

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lBrG TIL prisoners in China are reportedly being forced to gold mine in games like WOW to build up credits that prison guards can trade for real money
GYmeG TIL about the largest Empires. Spain was the first global empire. The British was the largest ( 22% of the earth's land-mass). Mongol's was the largest contiguous and Portugal's is the longest-lived modern European colonial empires.
R59ja TIL that the opposite of exorcism is adorcism: the practice of inviting positive spirits into places or people.
Qodp TIL that in the actual story, Peter Pan kills the Lost Boys when they get too old, since growing up is against the rules.
x6b05 TIL: PBS reported on a study which details which part of a human body you should eat first that provides the most nutritional value using 4 dead bodies. Ignore kidneys, pancreas, and teeth and aim for the butt muscles, thighs, and skin. The researcher found it difficult to eat bacon afterwards.