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TIL North Korea has a higher obesity rate than South Korea

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8aWKP TIL Thomas Young, a brilliant polymath, is known as "The Last Man Who Knew Everything." Some of his contributions include discovering the wave theory of light, describing elasticity, inventing the tuning method of musical instruments and many more....
J1DxB TIL that forty years passed from the date of Jesus' crucifixion before any written account of his life and teachings was put to paper.
PYwVJ TIL rust can kill you. Rusting metal consumes oxygen and can lead to death especially in confined spaces like holds of ships. In 2007, three people suffocated one after the other in the anchor locker of a vessel because rust had consume all the oxygen.
Nlb6 TIL titanium can osseointegrate, which means that it can fuse with bones and is one of the reasons why it is used extensively in biomedical implants
XEMkj TIL: Caskets always have four sides meeting at right angles; coffins have more sides (usually six) and taper to fit the body.