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todayilearned
Apr 07, 2020
TIL 40% of Americans have never been outside of the US, and 11% have never left the state they were born in.
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todayilearned
Mar 21, 2020
TIL that when Marlon Brando won the Oscar for 'The Godfather,' he sent an Apache woman up on stage to refuse the award, on behalf of the mistreatment of Native Americans in Hollywood.
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todayilearned
Oct 23, 2019
TIL in the late 19th century, the Sears catalog used to offer a heroin kit, two vials of heroin included, for only $1.50 - slightly less than 50 2019 dollars.
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todayilearned
Sep 14, 2019
TIL the common fitness target of 10,000 steps/day came from a Japanese pedometer company who gave their product a name that means "the 10,000-step meter” because the Japanese character for “10,000” resembles a person walking: 万. There is no known science behind a goal of 10,000 steps
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journal of the american medical association
lead author of a new study
least active women
lindsay wilson
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media want cut
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modest increase
mortality rates
new research
nuanced picture of the value of physical activity
nyu college of global public health
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past decade
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persistent myths of american health
physical activity
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professor of epidemiology
short bursts of activity
significant evidence
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todayilearned
Apr 30, 2019
TIL Americans work more than any other major countries — 137 hours per year more than Japanese, 260 per year more than the UK, and 500 hours per year more than France.
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todayilearned
Apr 21, 2019
TIL 10% of Americans have never left the state they were born. 40% of Americans have never left the country.
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