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TIL that almost 30% of people in the world are obese or overweight.

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ep7Gn TIL about Don Arrigo Beccari, a WW2 Catholic Priest, who was responsible for smuggling 120 Jewish children to safety, despite intense Nazi surveillance. When the Nazis captured him and tortured him for months, he still kept quiet. He was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 1964.
xLdw TIL that there is a hostage negotiation stragedy called “Bringing Home the Bacon” where negotiators fry bacon outside of the hostage area, making the hostage taker hungry from the smell and more willing to negotiate.
wLdME TIL that unicorn hunting is legal in Michigan and you can get an actual license for it. It originated from a Unicorn Hunters Club in the 70's only to gain publicity, but it grew and came to actual issued licenses for unicorn hunting.
W74K9 TIL the first head of government to be assassinated with a firearm was James Stewart, Regent of Scotland, in 1570
5ojD TIL that neuroscientists have found that three seconds is the average duration of reciting a verse from a poem. This average duration holds true for poems all over the world and it is thought that it reflects the time it takes for the brain to integrate information.