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TIL: In 1965 Mattel Inc. came out with a Slumber Party Barbie, complete with bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs and a book entitled “How to Lose Weight” with directions on the back stating simply: “Don’t eat.” Barbie, IRL, would have a BMI of 16.24.

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