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TIL that the US, Turkey, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Argentina, and the UK are all within 10 percentage points when it comes to obesity rates

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kJ5P1 TIL that the we would know if there were Megalodon because whales would have bite marks.
PVYO TIL the organization that runs U.S . presidential debates is independent of the government and owned by the Republican and Democratic Parties. It has been criticized for negotiating secret contracts between candidates, excluding third parties, and “perpetrating a fraud on the American voter.”
WkKj8 TIL British royal family members must pack a black outfit with them when they travel in the event of a death in the family
9Y56p TIL US authorities revoked the licences of a funeral home and its director after he admitted one of his employees cut the legs of a 6ft 7in man without the family's permission so the corpse would fit in a coffin.
KgY4 TIL: That Charles R Drew,The first African American to graduate Columbia medical school and a key scientist in the creation of the blood bank, Lost his job because he refused to segregate blood by the race of the donor