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TIL that it’s illegal to be fat in Japan

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LnVP TIL that in the 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed the risks of sugar and highlighted the hazards of fat
OoYK6 TIL of Anders Haugen, the only American to ever medal in ski jumping. He finished 4th in the 1924 olympics, but when a historian reviewed the results 50 years later he found a scoring error. Shortly thereafter, Anders went to Norway at 86 years old and was awarded his long overdue bronze medal.
Xgp6 TIL When asked if Shia LaBouf would take over Harrison’s fedora in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Harrison responded “Shia can get his own hat. I earned that hat.”
VM1AQ TIL Carl Sagan wrote a peer-reviewed paper while at Stanford with a NASA grant outlining it is probable aliens have visited the earth and feasible they have impacted our civilizations.
xJ9b TIL that a Japanese innkeeper accused a student of stealing the fumes of his cooking. The judge resolved the matter ruling that the price of the smell of food is the sound of money.