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TIL raccoons in Toronto, Canada have issues with obesity and diabetes

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e0v8b TIL about comparative mythology. Anthropologist reconstruct ancient religions based on trends in their cultural descendents. Zeus and Jupiter (and many others) likely evolved from the Indo-European "*Dyḗws Ph₂tḗr" ("sky father")
E7Np TIL that one of King Tut’s dagger blades is made of a meteorite from outer space.
BrVQy TIL that Mel Brooks financed and produced the movie The Elephant Man, but didn't take any credit because he didn't want audiences mistaking it for a comedy.
mkDR TIL that there’s a Darth Vader Grotesque/Gargoyle at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
ErWW TIL A 27-year-old male patient fasted under supervision for 382 days and went from 456 to 180 lbs.