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TIL during WW1, artist Norman Rockwell tried to enlist into the U.S. Navy but was refused entry because at 140 lbs, he was eight pounds underweight for someone 6 feet tall. To compensate, he spent one night gorging himself on bananas, liquids and doughnuts, and weighed enough to enlist the next day.

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