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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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LQDBd TIL that King Charles III of the United Kingdom is related to George Washington, the first President of the United States, through his ancestor Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (6 January 1805 – 19 November 1891), an English lady with both British royal and American presidential genealogical connections.
1aDrV TIL Cruentation, the understanding that dead bodies would bleed in the presence of their murderer, was a common belief in the Middle Ages.
epDXk TIL that in Canada’s province of Nunavut, 30% of the population has attempted suicide, compared to 3% for the rest of Canada
0wYyR TIL that goats are completely immune to poison ivy, oak, and sumac. They love the stuff and can eat several pounds a day.
OoQ5R TIL that anatomist Antonio Valsalva sometimes tasted the fluids of cadavers he performed autopsies on. Quote: "Gangrenous pus does not taste good...leaving the tongue tingling unpleasantly for the better part of the day"