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TIL North Korea has a higher obesity rate than South Korea

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x6J9o TIL a county in Missouri in 1838 held a ballot measure on whether Mormons should be allowed to settle in the county; a heavy majority favored the expulsion of the Mormons. When they refused to leave, Mormon settlements were sieged by vigilantes, triggering the Missouri Mormon War
l7onV TIL That episiotomies, the intentional incision of the perineum during childbirth, was once considered routine. In the late 1970's, it was done in more than 60% of vaginal births. The procedure was discouraged by leading OBGYN groups in the 2000's, but still sometimes occurs.
vRyB TIL rats are capable of laughing.
epllJ TIL there were ticket scalpers for gladiator fights in Ancient Rome. Gladiators like Hermes were known to draw the largest crowds and brought in high profits for scalpers due to demand
awklA TIL Of the 1,213 warships involved in D-Day, only 200 were American and 892 were British; of the 4,126 landing craft involved, 805 were American and 3,261 were British