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TIL the rate of childhood obesity is highest in Greece, with 44% of boys being overweight. Italy, New Zealand, and Slovenia are next, with the US in 5th at 30%

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9KQD TIL that John Constantine is one of the only comic book characters to age in real time with his publication. This year he turned 61.
yn0M TIL after invading Greece and receiving the submission of other key city-states, Philip II of Macedon sent a message to Sparta: “If I invade Laconia you will be destroyed, never to rise again.” The Spartan ephors replied with a single word: “If.” Phillip and his son Alexander never tried to invade.
yQZXp TIL there are less sharks now more than ever because they often habitate on the same routes as industrial fishing ships, and are caught as bycatch. As the apex predators of the oceans, sharks keep other marine life in healthy balance and help regulate the oceans. Reduce sharks numbers = reduce us.
j6Mgn TIL that the ancient Mayan city of Caracol in modern-day Belize was founded in 1200 BCE, held more than double the population of the largest current day city in Belize (of 61,461), and the one of its temples, Caana, built ~9th century CE, is still the tallest building in the country today.
wM8M TIL The first mention of Muhammad in the West comes from a discussion between Byzantine Christian and Jew written shortly after Muhammad’s death in 632. It says,“He is deceiving. For do prophets come with sword and chariot?You will discover nothing true from the said prophet except human bloodshed”