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TIL 45% of Americans have at least one Chronic disease

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6Lll TIL Iran has one of the largest rates of brain drain in the world. It’s estimated that 150,000-180,000 specialists leave the country every year, costing the country at least $50 billion in human capital annually.
16arW TIL about a deep-sea fish called the stoplight loosejaw. It is so called because its lower jaw has no floor and it shines red light from photophores under its eyes, which it uses like headlights. Most deep-sea creatures can't detect it because no red light filters down to them from the sun.
LkwOr TIL about the self-mummification practice of "sokushinjōbutsu" meaning "attaining Buddhahood in the flesh". The monks performed extreme "tree-eating", cold-water ablutions, exposure to freezing temperatures, etc. to become a Buddha in the flesh. This would result in mummification after 10 years.
pMxQ TIL: North Korea and the United States are the only countries that have their children pledge allegiance to the state in schools.
GYRx1 TIL that the 2002 Scooby-Doo movie featured allusions to popular fan theories of the cartoon, such as Shaggy being high, Velma being lesbian and Fred and Daphne having hidden sex. The scenes were all cut to give the movie a PG-rating