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TIL that it’s illegal to be fat in Japan

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xVL91 TIL that according to a 2010 study from the University of Oxford, big butts result in healthy children because of the high amount of Omega 3 fatty acids (the good fatty acids) stored. These are the same fatty acids that are responsible for the normal development of the baby's brain.
jZXj TIL: The loudest recorded sound from a human was produced by 48-year-old teaching assistant Jill Drake. When told she was the loudest person in the world, Jill explained “I knew I was loud, but not that loud.”
nWw5B TIL I learned that Marvin Gaye was killed by his father on April 1st, 1984 due to a dispute over a misplaced insurance policy letter. His death was thought to be a rumor due to it being April Fool's and was initially dismissed by friends and fans. It was one day before his 45th birthday.
OQk6 TIL that around 4,000 Brazilian street children “disappeared” after being arrested in a social cleansing leading up to the 2012 UN Conference in Rio. The Brazilian government refuses to say where they are. Around 90,000 people have disappeared in Rio in only two decades. More than half are minors.
W7J8A TIL the fins on the Apollo rockets existed only to provide an additional moment of stable flight so a crew member could reach an abort handle. The fins did not provide stability during normal operational flight.