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TIL: Obesity is strongly correlated with low IQ in children

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8a1wL TIL a 1947 Gallup poll revealed 45% of the US thought Hitler was still alive
15k7 TIL there is a legendary hobo rockclimber known as ‘Chongo’ who, while illegally living inside Yosemite National Park almost a decade, made a life by scavenging food, ascending sheer rock faces and writing a book called “The Homeless Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics”.
5Vn9D TIL Unilever used to have a whaling fleet
b6ry7 TIL you have to pay to have your star on the walk of fame in Hollywood, $30,000 to be precise.
p8wKZ TIL Only about 5% of the world’s seafloor has been mapped in some detail. Since the ocean occupies roughly 70% of the Earth’s surface, this leaves approximately 65% of the Earth (excluding dry land) unexplored.