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ZppPp TIL of all high income countries, the US has the highest rates of overweight and obesity, with a third of the population obese. This rate projected to rise to around 50 percent by 2030.
j6Z6Q TIL In the early 1980s, three species of Gyps vultures (the white-rumped vulture, the long-billed vulture and the slender-billed vulture) had a combined estimated population of 40 million in South Asia, but as of 2017, the total population numbered only 19,000 (6,000, 12,000, and 1,000 respectively)
05nN TIL that to punish tree thieves who cut down trees illegally, some cities spray trees with fox urine around Christmas time. It freezes on them and is odorless outdoors, but would stink up your whole house if brought indoors; the smell is “eye-watering.”
mjxO TIL Kenjataimu is a Japanese word for the period after orgasm where a man is free from sexual desire. The word translates to “time of the wise man”.
68eX TIL an Iraqi suicide bombing instructor accidentally used live explosives while conducting a demonstration and blew himself up together with 21 members of his class