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TIL the first balloons were made out of animal bladders and “balloon animals” were made out of animal intestines

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EgJl7 TIL: weight gain happens because fat cells become larger in both size and number, while weight loss only reduces the size of fat cells, so you end up with a larger number of fat cells than before.
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