{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Smart Tan News","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com","title":"Study: Fictional Villains Doomed by Lack of Sunlight - Smart Tan News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gyaNuQXnAy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/study-fictional-villains-doomed-by-lack-of-sunlight\/\">Study: Fictional Villains Doomed by Lack of Sunlight<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/study-fictional-villains-doomed-by-lack-of-sunlight\/embed\/#?secret=gyaNuQXnAy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Study: Fictional Villains Doomed by Lack of Sunlight&#8221; &#8212; Smart Tan News\" data-secret=\"gyaNuQXnAy\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Have you ever wondered how the good guys always manage to get the best of their villainous foes in books and films? According to a new paper in the Medical Journal of Australia it has nothing to do with justice or karma \u2013 it\u2019s because of vitamin D!  A fun new study reported by NPR, The Smithsonian and more theorized that fictional villains can\u2019t defeat heroes because they are weakened by not getting enough of the sunshine vitamin.\u00a0Joseph and Nicholas Hopkinson examined and rated the habits of characters from the J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit and found that \u201cthe vitamin D score was significantly higher among the good and victorious characters than the evil and defeated ones.\u201d  \u201cSystematic textual analysis of\u00a0The Hobbit\u00a0supports our initial hypothesis that the triumph of good over evil may be assisted to some extent by the poor diet and lack of sunlight experienced by the evil characters,\u201d the authors wrote. \u201cSun avoidance is a recurring theme among the evil characters.\u201d  Click here to view the study.  &nbsp;  Photo credit: Neftali \/ Shutterstock.com","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smart-Tan-Logo.jpg","thumbnail_width":520,"thumbnail_height":200}