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TIL that companies like Budweiser, Coors, Miller, Samuel Adams, Captain Morgan, and Coca-Cola sponsor a “Catch & Kill” shark fishing tournament that includes threatened species

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Ydkx TIL in 2013 a 65-year-old Seattle woman set out to fast for 100 days in order to prove that humans can sustain themselves solely on air, water, and light. She ended her experiment after 47 days.
xBb7 TIL Ernest Hemingway, his father, his brother, his sister and his granddaughter all committed suicide.
oBkoE TIL that when British scientists discovered homosexual behavior in penguins in 1911, they were so shocked that they published the study in Greek so it would remain accessible to only a few scientists.
vPjb7 Today I learned the largest weight lost ever is held by Khalid bin Mohsen Shaar, who lost a total of 1,195 pounds! Starting at 1,340 pounds (610kg) and ending at 150 pounds (68kg)! He’s listed as the 2nd heaviest human ever at his heaviest.
jKEQ TIL: The greatest mime, Marcel Marceau, spoke English, French and German languages, he worked as a liaison officer with General George Patton’s army. The first time he used mime was after France was invaded, in order to keep Jewish children quiet while he helped them escape to neutral Switzerland.