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TIL New Zealand will deny people residency visas if they have too high of a BMI and there has been cases of people rejected because of their weight.

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Mey6a TIL that a schizophrenic Canadian man who beheaded and then partially cannibalized a fellow passenger on a greyhound bus in 2008, was institutionalised for 9 years and then given an absolute discharge and released.
MYLA TIL that in from the 1880s to the 1900s, pollution caused by horses was so severe, the presence of the (then unheard of) automobile was regarded as a saviour, as it did not pollute the streets with manure, urine and dead horses.
xVPDk TIL while shooting the 1998 film "Twilight" Susan Sarandon was under the impression it was for equal pay, but the studio meant only for the men. Co-star Paul Newman stepped up and gave her part of his salary.
mxZBE TIL there is an island called Disappointment Island. It's uninhabited, but home to over 65,000 pairs of white-capped albatross. In 1868, a steel tanker crashed there and 68 people died, while the remaining 15 waited 18 months to be rescued. In 1907, another ship crashed there and 12 men drowned.
6Ejr8 TIL: Beverly Hills Chihuahua made $149,292,488 at the box office; making it one of the most successful English language movies with a majority Hispanic cast.