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TIL: Loneliness is a greater public health hazard than obesity

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xVZKg Today I learned about the Moche Toss, an ancient Peruvian game a lot like skeet shooting using Atlatls
GYlrj TIL about Yo-Yo the bassett hound, kept by the master at Cambridge University Selwyn. Dogs are not allowed on the premises, so Yo-Yo has been officially classified as a "very large cat" so that the master can keep him on the campus.
9Y06 TIL that, to determine once and for all whether waterboarding is torture, Christopher Hitchens had himself waterboarded. His conclusion? Yes. It’s torture.
4WxX TIL John Lennon’s lost guitar was bought in a music shop in the late 60s. Forty years later, the owner discovered it belonged to Lennon after reading a magazine article, and then the guitar sold for $2.4 million in 2015.
OoJy1 TIL During the Vietnam War the act of "Fragging" was when US troops would toss a grenade in their commanding officers tent; known and suspected fragging cases by explosives in Vietnam from 1969 to 1972 totaled nearly 900...