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TIL In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined.

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e0w4E TIL That a Washington Post reviewer stated that the film Groundhog Day would never be placed in the Library of Congress. In 2006, it was added to the Library of Congress.
b9Bo7 TIL that when Niels Bohr escaped from Denmark, he was smuggled out in the bomb bay of a Mosquito bomber. Because he didn't wear his helmet, he didn't hear the pilot instructing him to put on his mask, causing him to pass out from oxygen starvation for most of the flight.
xV61g TIL that oysters can get herpes
9wDvX TIL when Guinness World Records stopped monitoring the record for the longest time to stay awake in 1997, the record holder at the time was Robert McDonald who went 453 hours 40 minutes (18 days 21 hours 40 minutes) without sleeping in 1986.
bGjZ TIL that Ewan McGregor’s brother Colin is a RAF Tornado pilot, his callsign is Obi Two.