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TIL clinical obesity is considered so beautiful in sub-Saharan Africa that people use drugs to gain more weight.

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LQL7d TIL that Saltwater Swimming Pools aren't very salty and that there is a widespread misconception that they do not use chlorine. In fact, saltwater pool water is only mildly salty (barely taste-able) and has similar chlorine levels as a regular chlorinated pool.
4kv6a TIL in 2009, three masked burglars broke into Dolph Lundgren's home, tied up and threatened his wife, but fled after finding a family photo and realizing whose home they'd broken into
Og4R TIL on 10.12.10 a group know as “Imperial Stars” drove their bus down the Hollywood freeway, parked diagonally across the highway to stop traffic and perform their song “Traffic Jam 101” on the roof. A judge ordered them to pay $39,350.39 for their self centered idiocy.
VBKgD TIL of the "satanic preschool" hysteria of the 1980s, where people were convinced satanic rituals were being performed on their kids, because of one woman's accusations which led to an investigation, which pressured kids into confessing things that were not true.
VMAlG TIL in psychology there is a principle called “contrast” (if you left a heavy item first then a light item second, the second item will feel lighter than actually it is). That’s why online businesses show you the expensive items first so the less expensive items seem cheap and affordable to you.