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TIL Compared with whites, Blacks had 51% higher and Hispanics had 21% higher obesity rates in the US.

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741O TIL the term “j'accuse”, coming from the title of an 1898 open letter from writer Emile Zola to the president of France during the Dreyfus Affair, is a synonym for a brave public expression of opinion against the abuse of power.
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