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TIL American is not actually the most obese country in the world; it actually ranks 18th in obesity prevalence

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Me40V TIL in 1988, King Hussein of Jordan arbitrarily and without notice revoked the citizenship of tens of thousands of Arabs living in the West Bank, in violation of international and Jordanian law
R7gl TIL that the chainsaw was invented by doctors to perform surgery.
OGGK6 TIL that Lobsters live intricate social lives when lobsters communicate , they squirt each other in the face with urine .
jN4oa TIL that you shouldn't pre-wash dishes before putting them in the dishwasher; modern detergent is designed with enzymes that bind to food particles, so it works best against dirtier dishware. While you should remove large pieces of food, those who pre-wash dishes waste up to 6,000 gallons per year.
e0AmD Today I Learned that there are more possible orders of a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth. Because of this, 99.7% of the time you shuffle a deck of cards, that is the first time in history that specific order of cards has happened.