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TIL being overweight, but not obese, results in a lower mortality rate than being in the "normal" range (using BMI as a measure).

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78JdX TIL about the Great Disappointment. It was the reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamation that Jesus Christ would return to the Earth by 1844, which he called the Second Advent. When Jesus did not appear by 22 October 1844, Miller and his followers were disappointed
wo6y8 TIL In 1921 conman Stanley Clifford Weyman posed as a U.S. naval officer and convinced an Afghan Princess to give him $10,000 to set up a meeting with the President. He spent it on travel and lodging for her, and got her a meeting with the President. The ensuing press coverage led to his arrest.
yJKJ TIL show producers gave a homeless man $100,000 to do what he wants; within 6 months he had nearly spent all the money, and he eventually went broke and became homeless again.
Mk60 TIL When Julius Caesar was captured and held hostage by pirates, he told them he would crucify them all personally. The pirates took it as a joke, but when the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, captured the pirates, and crucified them.
68Q7 TIL That after the extinction of the dinosaurs there was a species of turtle that was so large it could eat a crocodile.