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TIL obesity was associated with $1,861 excess yearly health costs per person, accounting for $172.74 billion in annual extra costs

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e06Pg TIL In 2001, Tony Kirwan quit his job as an electrician and founded Destiny Rescue, a nonprofit dedicated to getting children out of sex slavery. Since 2011, the organization has rescued almost 2,000 children.
7N6P TIL Hebrew essentially died between 200 and 400 CE, and was revived in 19th century Germany, now having about 9 million speakers
ZpKvp TIL in 1876, the government of Japan forced Korea to admit Japanese merchants and trading vessels into the Korean port city of Busan in a gradual attempt to force the Korean government to abandon its policy of isolationism
VXWZ TIL that Clint Eastwood, who has been on horseback in many of his movies, had a mid-life allergy to horses.
R7daQ TIL that in the case of discovering aliens, we already have a representative who will handle all communication with them. Simonetta Di Pippo, is the current director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and is the designated person to act as an ambassador to extraterrestrials.