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TIL it is against the law to be obese in Japan

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QJp7L TIL Pakistan's biggest company is its Army - which sells everything from cereal boxes to marriage venues
OG756 TIL that many of today's biggest entertainers started by living in the Manhattan Plaza, a federally-subsidized affordable housing building for low-income artists. Former residents range from Tennessee Williams to Larry David and even the Chalamets (Timothée and his sister were raised there).
BrP1x TIL that when Princess Diana died in 1997, the funeral's broadcast attracted an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide. Which makes it one of the biggest televised event in history.
epVM6 TIL Speed Racer was based off the 1964 Elvis movie "Viva Las Vegas". Tatsuo Yoshida, the creator of Mach GoGoGo, stated that the film was the primary inspiration, as well as James Bond films of that time period.
o4L8 TIL: Doritos and Coca-Cola are scientifically designed to taste alluring, while at the same time STOPS the brain from giving the signal to stop over eating