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TIL Okinawans in Japan are the only human population to have a self-imposed habit of calorie restriction. They believe in eating until they are 80 percent full and has the world's highest proportion of centenarians

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OA7 TIL A man protested against the 1956 olympic torch relay by carrying a fake flame, consisting of a pair of underpants set on fire in a plum pudding can, attached to a chair leg. He tricked onlookers and even handed it to the Mayor of Sydney, Pat Hills before escaping without being noticed
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