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TIL that Samoa is the country with the highest obesity rate in the world. More than 81% of the adults in the nation are obese

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XEjNP TIL: that the movie “The Hills have eyes”, is loosely based on the exploits of The Bean clan of 16th century Scotland, whom murdered and cannibalised over 1000 people, with estimates of up to over 5000 in just a 25 year period.
v1xAR TIL the world’s poorest man is Jerome Kerviel. He is $6.3 billion dollars in debt after placing over $59 billion in mostly illegal trades at a bank he once worked for in France.
jN8rp TIL that Caligula once tricked a man into buying 13 gladiators for the high price of 9 million Roman sesterces. He had been selling off some gladiators to replenish the Roman treasury, when he saw a man fall asleep at the auction. He told the auctioneer to consider each of the mans nods as a bid.
vjQL TIL there’s a experimental project in Stockholm, Sweden where you can sign up to recieve a SMS if there is a cardiac arrest nearby (500 m), so you can get there before the ambulance and perform CPR. 9500 people have signed up, and they reach the location faster in 54% of the cases.
49dw TIL Cockroaches grown in space became quicker and stronger than their terrestrial counterparts