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TIL that about two-thirds of American adults are either overweight or obese.

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5VM6D TIL a corpse discovered in Denmark in 1950 was so well-preserved it appeared to be a recent murder, but was later found to be 2,400 years old.
v1QlL TIL that from 1977-2011, the national flag of Libya was literally a green rectangle
a1GL TIL of Carlos Hathcock. A Marine sniper in Vietnam who crawled over 1500 yards to kill a high-ranking NVA officer. It took 4 days to complete because he could move only inches. He also said that he was almost stepped on while camouflaged in a meadow. As well as almost bitten by a Bamboo Viper.
b9vWE TIL that there exists a dying Mexican language called Ayapenaco. The only two people left in the world that can speak it are a pair of elderly men who refused to talk to each other until 2014 when they decided to make amends to try to prevent the language from going extinct.
gMxKb TIL gamma rays are used to disinfect food