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TIL South Asians are genetically predisposed to higher rates of central body obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease

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epvjn TIL about Ralph Lazo, the only non-spouse non-Japanese American citizen to volunteer to live in the Japanese-American internment camps during WW2. He would later leave the camp to join the US Army to help expel the Japanese military from the Philippines, earning a Bronze Star Medal.
KOmN9 TIL the tradition of spraying champagne after winning a championship was started by Dan Gurney (Team Ford) after the 1967 Le Mans 24-hour race. A huge underdog, Gurney thought the "hard-fought victory needed something special" and spontaneously hosed down all gathered, including Henry Ford II
epNZb TIL Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, an American physician and Nobel Prize winner, was charged of child molestation, including that of the children brought home from research trips to live with him.
b9MXa TIL Led Zeppelin never had a number one hit.
J1oml TIL in 2008 Chicago sold off all of its city parking meters to private investors for 75 years, and the private investors already made their money back and turned a profit.