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TIL that the BMI cutoff to be considered obese is lower for Asian-Pacific populations (≥25 kg/m^2) vs the WHO standard (≥30)

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LkYbP TIL that the Soviets were more instrumental to Japan's surrender than the Nuclear fucking Bomb and we probably didn't have to drop it.
xY55 TIL that Willie Nelson’s (ex) wife sewed him up in a sheet and beat him with a broomstick. His comment: “She was a very classy, ingenious, brilliant lady, and I was a problem at times.”
epawJ [TIL] Prior to December 22nd 1942, US Citizens pledged allegiance to the flag using the stiff armed Roman salute made infamous by Nazi Germany.
RWJ7 TIL “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman was only able to get his comic green-lit because he told Image Comics that there would be a plot twist revealing that the zombie apocalypse was caused by aliens who were using the zombies to weaken humanity’s defenses. It was a lie.
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