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

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WkyQN TIL of the Appalachian Christmas tradition of "sereneding" that involves shooting guns in the air until your neighbor feeds you.
dD0Yj TIL the Isles of Scilly Football League is the smallest football league in the world. There are only two teams, the Garrison Gunners and the Woolpack Wanderers. They play 18 times, usually on Sundays, throughout the winter.
5wXR TIL Neil Degrasse Tyson was an eye-witness to 9/11, he wrote a letter describing his horrifying experience.
9wLGG TIL The Mpemba effect is the name given to the observation that a liquid (typically water) which is initially hot can freeze faster than the same liquid which begins cold, under otherwise similar conditions.
o0J7 TIL that until 2015 a French law prohibited bakers in Paris from taking vacations at the same time, to avoid a bread shortage like the one that helped cause the French Revolution. Bakers met to decide who would be open in July and who would be open in August.