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TIL America’s obesity rate has gone from 13 percent (1965) to 36 percent (2010)

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gr0v4 TIL that various animals have been awarded degrees, exposing the fraudulent activities of “degree mills.” One instance includes a cat that received an MBA and had a 3.5 GPA.
ZZjD TIL that the book keeper at the 1st franchised Mcdonald’s worked for free for the first 9 months and little pay after that, and was given 10% of the company. 10 years later she cashed in part of her holdings for $300,000 (worth 1.7 mil today) and kept the rest worth 5 mil (28 mil today).
VM9Pm TIL that during his research on heroin addicts for the film "Trainspotting" (1996), Ewan McGregor considered taking the drug, but decided not to. (Neon. p. 103)
OGD94 TIL in 1960, Richard Paul Pavlick stalked John F. Kennedy to kill him but relented when he saw JFK with Jacqueline and their children. Pavlick was arrested afterwards
oB1Bo TIL that if an Icelandic horse ever leaves Iceland, it is banished from the country forever