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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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R7K04 TIL that if Antarctica were a country it would be the second largest in the world, significantly bigger than #3 Canada
4XgX6 TIL that as a white belt, Paul Walker told his BJJ coach that he would get his black belt "even if he needed to get it in his coffin", shortly after Walker's death, that same coach awarded Walker his black belt and told his father he could put it in his coffin.
DQONr TIL of 'Sokushinbutsu', ascetic Japanese buddhist monks who practiced self-mummification; they would prepare for death by eating a diet rich in pine needles and resin, paired with severe dehydration, until they 'hardened' in place.
NVle TIL A Chinese farmer developed a way to make pears grow from the tree in the shape of little baby Buddhas.
d8B0r TIL Since 1994, possession of 1 gram of cocaine has been legal for personal use in Colombia. Sale remains illegal, but personal production or gifts of cocaine are permitted.