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TIL that underweight models are banned in Israel to fight against anorexia.

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Yaax TIL that two amazon booksellers using automatic algorithms to set their prices once each accidentally based their pricing on the other. The automatic programs created an upward spiral of competing prices that eventually topped $3 million for a textbook.
neB5W TIL that Nazis ordered the Minsk Ghetto to turn over a Jewish resistance leader, Hersh Smolar, hiding in a hospital. They handed over a bloody passport and said he'd been killed in a roundup shooting. The Nazis fell for it. Smolar survived the war.
klkE TIL the English boy band Blue were in NYC on 9/11 and witnessed the attacks. Later, in an interview with a British tabloid, one member said that “This New York thing is being blown out of proportion” and “Animals need saving and that’s more important.” This caused them to lose a US record deal.
QJaPM TIL Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping studied abroad in Paris at age 16 as well as in Moscow later on. He worked in a Renault plant, factories, and developed two lasting passions in France -- one was for croissants; the other was for communism
gMJY7 TIL About RAS Syndrome, Redundant Acronym Syndrome, like when people say PIN Number or ATM Machine.