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TIL In 2014, a NIM study set the DRA for vitamin D 15 times too low due to a simple calculation error... and it was never corrected.

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a8GQ9 TIL that in 1933, a man named A.L. Kahn caught a massive 20-foot, 5,000-pound manta ray off the coast of New Jersey. It took hours, the help of his crew, and even several dozen gunshots from the U.S. Coast Guard to finally reel in what was called a "devil fish."
yVd8M TIL that in 1934 a board game called Toward Soviet America was the opposite of Monopoly. The goal was to get rid of the rich and powerful, end oppression, and seize the means of production. The game did not catch on.
neOdY TIL that an 8-year-old boy earned an estimated $26 million, over a 12-month period, from reviewing toys on YouTube.
mxApv TIL There are 41 countries that recognize sign language as an official language
VLeG TIL that in Finland, traffic fines are proportionate to the latest available data on an offender’s income. In October 2001, Anssi Vanjoki (at the time a director at Nokia) was ordered to pay a fine of 116,000 euros after being caught driving at 75 km/h in a 50km/h zone.