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TIL nearly 50 percent of Canadian soldiers are overweight, 25 percent of them are being obese, and 6.1 percent of them are morbidly obese

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4XaYa TIL a village in far east India where around 50000 Amur falcons were hunted every roosting season till 2012 has now become 'Falcon Capital of the World' and migrating population has quadrupled from 2012 level.
NjlQ TIL during the riots in Ukraine, St. Michaels Cathedral rang all of their bells at once to alert the sleeping city to the violence. The last time all the church bells had been rung at the same time was in 1240, when the Mongols were attacking
ZAGG TIL that buying a Prius doesn’t save most people money on gas spending because it takes 7.5 years to break even on cost and the average car owner only keeps their car for 6 years.
d87jZ TIL that gorillas and other primates build nests. They construct nests for day and night use. Day nests tend to be simple aggregations of branches and leaves on the ground, while night nests are more elaborate constructions usually on the ground but sometimes on trees too.
GAkRQ TIL: “His Master’s Voice” was originally a painting by an artist of his later brother’s dog Nipper (so named because he’d nip people’s ankles). He also would listen intently to a recording of his dead master’s voice.