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

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PXXV TIL that physicians within the United States correctly diagnosed 55.3% of easier and 5.8% of more difficult cases
VMlA0 TIL John D. Rockefeller, although he was the richest man in the world, occasionally served as janitor at his church
mxErO TIL there is a fierce rivalry between the neighbouring English counties of Cornwall & Devon, with each claiming to have invented 'pasties', and each insisting the other is wrong regarding whether to put jam or cream first on scones.
jjOX TIL that of all the 14,748 homicides in the US in 2010, roughly 43% of the victims were African-American, a group who only make up 13% of the population; furthermore, a majority of the victims were young black males, while the perpetrators were similarly young black males.
b6ZBE TIL the Hatian Revolution is the only recorded successful slave revolt