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TIL: Obesity is strongly correlated with low IQ in children

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JrOl TIL that the UK can use nuclear weapons if BBC Radio 4 stops broadcasting.
d8dOB TIL in 1926 Agatha Christie went missing for 10 days prompting a massive manhunt. She was hiding in a hotel dealing with her husband divorcing her.
nXJ9 TIL Indian Removal in America was a larger genocide than the Holocaust
kJKA4 TIL that when bilingual people switch languages mid-sentence, their brain doesn't even notice the switch. NYU researchers found that the brain uses the same mechanism to combine words regardless of whether they come from one language or two, meaning code-switching is neurologically seamless.
5Va6B TIL Renaissance-era Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe died from either a swollen prostate or burst bladder brought on by his refusal to leave a lengthy banquet and relieve himself, seeing it as a breach of etiquette.