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TIL Mexico Is the Fattest Country in the World Surpassing United States

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jy5N TIL Firestone funded warlord Charles Taylor in Liberia in order to have access to their rubber plantation. Taylor considered Firestone their most significant source of funds for the war.
pY5yZ TIL of the Great Lego Spill - In 1997 a rogue wave caused a cargo ship to spill 4.8 million Lego pieces into the ocean, many are still being found today
E1a1x TIL: Inspired by the "Hot Crazy Matrix", evolutionary psychologist Alyson Blanchard conducted studies on over 500 people and found that when men are confronted with women of similar physical attractiveness, they go for the one with borderline personality disorders or psychopathic traits.
XEkVk TIL Robert Frost's "A Road Less Traveled" was intended to be a humorous jab at an indecisive colleague. The poem's intent was to convey how both paths are basically the same with the same outcome, so you should just select one randomly and get the fuck on with it already.
WbWL TIL that TMZ once paid $80k for an unflattering video of Justin Bieber dropping the N-word, then leveraged it for smaller, exclusive scoops about the singer.