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TIL that more and more researchers are arguing that BMI is not a good measure of healthy body weight.

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b5JN TIL during the evacuation at Dunkirk, The last of the British Army left on 3 June, However, Churchill insisted on coming back for the French, so the Royal Navy returned on 4 June in an attempt to rescue as many as possible of the French rearguard.
W9bX TIL that in 1899 the head of the U.S. Patent Office asked President McKinley to abolish it because “Everything that can be invented, has been invented.”
n04o TIL After pleading guilty to tax evasion in 1979, musician, Chuck Berry, was sentenced to 4 months of prison followed by 1000 hours of charity concerts. That’s why he was still touring as late as age 84
ANNga TIL humans are experts at sweating. In 1 hour, a horse can lose about 100grams of water per sq meter of skin. However, a human can easily shed 500grams per sq meter, which helped our ancestors become unrivalled predators as we can stalk prey until they collapse from heat exhaustion
ZL5v TIL that in July of 2015, Mitchelle Blair received a life sentence without possibility for parole after torturing and murdering two of her four children, ages 9 and 13, based on claims from her youngest child that the two had molested him. She then stored their bodies in her home freezer.