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TIL America is only the 9th fattest country in the world

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kOQPd TIL Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X, was killed by her own twelve-year-old grandson in 1997. Wanting to return to his mother, who was in treatment as part of a plea agreement for plotting to kill Louis Farrakhan, he set his grandmother's apartment on fire. She died weeks later of her injuries.
R5wja TIL Trois Pistoles, Quebec, a town of 3000 has been a popular place for anglophones to learn French since 1932. In recent years the number of hosts have declined, as they were only paid $12-15 per day for room and $10 -$15 to feed a student each day
yQ64X TIL that a special vending machine was created to see whether crows are smart enough to use it. They are.
yQdyX TIL That Rainbows can be produced by moonlight and are then called Moonbows
JYBOV Computer scientist, mathematician, and all-around supergenius Alan Turing, who played a pivotal role in breaking secret German codes during WWII and developing the conceptual framework for the modern general purpose computer, was also a cracking good runner.