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TIL overweight or obese girls are at least 15% more likely than their recommended-weight peers to have had anal intercourse

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R78dj TIL : the Speaker of the House is not required to be an elected member of the House of Representatives. There is no requirement in the Constitution even though they are third in line for the Presidency.
QNnwk TIL The nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb” is a true story about Mary Elizabeth Sawyer
QAKL TIL The last words of James Bond author Ian Fleming were an apology to his ambulance drivers for having inconvenienced them, saying “I am sorry to trouble you chaps. I don’t know how you get along so fast with the traffic on the roads these days.”
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