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TIL that the Body Mass Index (BMI) was created for a social statistics experiment, and was never intended to be an indicator of health.

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d885K TIL that this parasite severs the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue causing it to fall out. The parasite then becomes the fish’s new tongue.
NXVmP TIL about Miss Belvedere, a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that Tulsa, Oklahoma buried in a vault beneath the lawn of the city courthouse as a time capsule to be opened in 2007. It contained among other things a lady's purse including bobby pins, tranquilizers, cigarettes, and an unpaid parking ticket.
4MYJ TIL The one thing that won’t kill you in Australia is rabies. The country is listed as “rabies free”.
g9VD TIL: Shakespeare is the only author with his own Dewey decimal number; it’s 822.33.
Zpv7a TIL the Village People got its start when music producer Jacques Morali dreamt one night about backup singer Victor Willis going big as a frontman. After their first album became a hit, Morali then hastily hired dancers to back up Willis in clubs and videos.