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TIL that ~80% of Black American women are overweight and ~54% are obese.

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M7kGA TIL until approximately the late 1400's the word "girl" used to refer to a child of either sex.
d8618 TIL that Sada Abe killed out of love and carried the penis of her lover around for many days.
4Xjm5 TIL in 1972 Ed Catmull and Fred Park creates the first 3D Animation of a hand and a face. The technics they devolped are the foundation of our modern movies, effects and gaming graphics. This animation was first used in the movie "Futurworld" from 1976.
gMYR7 TIL that the European colonial powers used indentured workers from India as cheap labor after the end of slavery
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