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There is a widespread virus which is thought to cause obesity. In one study, 30% of obese Americans had antibodies to Human adenovirus 36 but only 5% of non-obese Americans did. It's possible that developing a vaccine for this virus could radically reduce obesity rates and increase life expectancy.
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In the early 1900s, only about 1% of Americans were obese. Today, it is around 36%.
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Bermuda (population 66,000) has the same number of Olympic gold medals as the Philippines (population 111,000,000).
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During World War I there were twelve different "Battles of the Isonzo", pitting the Italians against the Austro-Hungarians. Italy won five of the battles, three were inconclusive, and the Austrians won four, including the twelfth and decisive conflict. Total casualties exceeded one million.
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California recently approved a $100 million bailout of its struggling marijuana industry.
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Quizmaster
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Sep 30, 2021
Source for #727

Credit @lindsaythedog for 728.

Credit @LuigiDood227 for 729.

SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Sep 30, 2021
Interesting...
LawnchairLarry
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Level 53
Jan 4, 2022
based on math, california spent more than enough money on marijuana that could have been used to put 7000 students through the eduation system.
EytanMelech
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Level 67
Jan 6, 2022
Don't be selfish! Those poor marijuana plants need more funding than those underprivileged children.
TheNatureThread
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Level 65
Sep 30, 2021
In one part of Yellowstone national park, there are no laws, as no one lives in the Idahoan part of Yellowstone, and there must be a jury from the area the crime was committed, and there is no jury if there are no residents in that area. If someone commits a crime after reading this, I do not hold responsibility.
Quizmaster
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Sep 30, 2021
"I swear your honor, there are no laws in that part of the park" he said as the judge condemned him to a long prison sentence.
CambodianQuizzer
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Level 63
Oct 1, 2021
Basically, you can get away from murder.
RJF
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Level 64
Jan 19, 2023
Isn't the right to be judged by a jury of your peers a right that you can waive in the US? I believe it is in Britain. So make sure you don't accidentally do that, or you could still be found guilty by the judge.
TheNatureThread
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Sep 30, 2021
It makes sense for a country to mention itself in its anthem, right? But the Dutch anthem mentions Spain, a different country, as the song was written when Spain colonized the Netherlands, and the lyrics say "To the king of Spain I've granted a lifelong loyalty"

The I is actually king William, and the whole song is from his perspective, making the Dutch anthem one of the world's strangest anthems.

TheNatureThread
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Sep 30, 2021
February 21 was recognized by UNESCO as International Mother Language Day, as that was the day of the First Protest in the Bengali East Pakistan against Urdu being the official language. When East Pakistan gained independence as Bangladesh, it ended up making it Language Movement Day, and eventually it was adopted by UNESCO.
TheNatureThread
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Sep 30, 2021
The full version of Greece's anthem has 158 verses, though obviously only a couple are actually used. Greece and Cyprus are also the only countries which share an anthem. technically britain shares god save the queen with its commonwealth countries but they also have their own anthems
TheNatureThread
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Sep 30, 2021
Inspired by #698 (you can find it with the search), The Nuristanis, a distinct mountainous group of Afghanistan, used to practice a local ancient religion related to Hinduism. However, most of them were converted in one year, 1895, under Abdur Rahman Khan.
JohnnyYeet
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Level 57
Sep 30, 2021
Indian Actor Rajesh Khanna was married to an actress named Dimple Kapadia. Dimple's sister's name was Simple, and Dimple's daughters were named Rinkle and Twinkle.

Oh, and as a side fact, Twinkle is married to Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar.

1awesomeben
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Level 55
Oct 1, 2021
Australia gets more snow than Switzerland
IsleAuHaulte
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Feb 27, 2022
And more rain falls over the entire Sahara than Central Park. Australia has 200 times as much land as Switzerland to accumulate total snowfall.
Geographystar
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Oct 1, 2021
Arizona has more cities in the top 100 most populous cities than Florida does.

Arizona has 7: Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale, Gilbert, and Glendale.

And Florida has 6: Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, St. Petersburg, and Hialeah.

Geographystar
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Level 67
Oct 1, 2021
Also, of the top 10 largest cities in Arizona, the largest is Phoenix, the second largest is Tucson, and 3-10 are all various suburbs of Phoenix.
MDawg396
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Level 56
May 21, 2022
Yeahhhhh Arizona facts!
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Oct 1, 2021
Nice fact page
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Oct 10, 2021
Yay my Isonzo suggestion is here :D
amgine
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Feb 11, 2022
Surely it would be more logical to assume that obese people are more vulnerable to get human adenovirus since obese people have weaker immune systems. A virus that causes obesity? What exactly is the modality there? What would the virus have to gain?
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Feb 27, 2022
I've seen Americans' diets and more importantly, very sedentary life. Compared to older generations and other countries it's pretty obvious.
Quagga50
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Level 81
Mar 29, 2023
Sure, but the data that actually support the hypothesis come from studies where they injected the virus into animals (mice, chickens, etc.) and then statistically significant weight gain occurred. Observing the prevalence in humans is about all we can do ethically.
MalyJacus
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Level 55
Aug 8, 2022
Is fact #726 validated? Or just one publication + speculation?
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