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TIL that about a quarter of women in the desert nation of Mauritania are obese because of a beauty standard that finds overweight women attractive. Slim women are viewed as sickly and in some rural areas young girls are force fed to make them look more desirable to men.

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kJnE TIL that Scotland’s national animal is the Unicorn.
E1w77 TIL a Belgian mayor hired a DJ to play a music set as a way to drive out some visiting gypsies with loud music. The plan backfired as the gypsies just came out to party, the mayor received international bad press and, since no one had bothered to pay necessary composers’ rights, a 100 euro fine.
9YwkD TIL a "handsome" gorilla named Shabani is famous in Japan for his good looks
b944 TIL when Miramax tried to edit Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke, the produces reminded Miramax of their no edits policy by mailing a katana with the words “No cuts”
nDrP TIL there are tilted windows in Vermont called “witch windows”. The name appears to come from a superstition that witches cannot fly their broomsticks through the tilted windows.