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VBJO0 TIL because of constant famines during the British Raj Indian genes got starvation adapted and resistant to insulin. As a result, today Indians are four and six times more likely to get type 2 diabetes than white people. Over 100 million people have diabetes in India.
9YaEX TIL that in 2004 McDonald's introduced "adult Happy Meal", which was positioned as a healthy choice, and included a salad, a fitness DVD, and a pedometer. The sales flopped and it was killed off after a few weeks.
OLOL TIL that unlike Susan G Komen when you donate to Huntsman Cancer Institute 100% of the donation goes to cancer research.
8ewa8 TIL that Caterpie is based on the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
xVgED TIL that Sun isn't center of the solar system and actually orbits the real center - all objects in our system (especially Jupiter) influence the barycenter which planets and sun orbits.