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TIL only 29% of Americans are at a healthy weight.

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X06dr TIL bezoars, a symptom of gastroparesis, had magical powers in the Harry Potter books but are big masses of food that can block the stomach
p8Xbp TIL about the "Olympic Truce", which originated almost 3,000 years ago, and was reaffirmed by the UN General Assembly in 1993. Countries are encouraged to observe a truce from seven days before the opening ceremonies to seven days after the opening ceremonies.
EJOw TIL that in 1973, a psychiatrist named David Rosenhan sent eight people with no history of mental illness to mental hospitals. The staff couldn’t tell they were sane. It took some 2 months to get out.
6E0R8 TIL that UK has started Minister of Loneliness, currently held by Tracey Crouch, after growing consensus that loneliness is a public health concern.
6EjMm TIL Lake Tahoe is home to the oldest petroglyphs ever discovered in North America and a mummy three times as old as the Egyptian mummy King Tut.