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TIL a 32 year long study found that obesity spread through social connections, and that a person’s chances of becoming obese increased by 57% if he or she had a friend who became obese

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69NdQ TIL: the sports rating system ELO, most seen in competitive chess, isn't an acronym but the last name of it's inventor, the Hungarian Arpad Elo (1903-1992). He came up with a more fair rating based on the then current one. Other sports use it well, often with minor tweaks and naming.
nWVxd TIL In 1984, an early version of the all girl Glam Metal band Vixen appeared in the movie Hardbodies, as the on-screen band Diaper Rash.
4XlKw TIL a man drove through the fence of a California home before stopping in the yard. He panicked, forgot to put it in reverse and slammed into the house. Residents took his keys after finding him but moments later he had taken their car keys and accidentally drove their car into the house too, again
Egx0W TIL not only do Sea Cucumbers breathe through their butt…other sea creatures also use an inhale anus contraction as a chance to sneak inside the sea cucumber for shelter
4XlbJ TIL that two countries (India & China) make up approximately 20% of the worlds population