The World Health Organization recently released new data on trends in body mass index, updating all countries to 2022. The previous data only went up to 2016.
The share of adults with a BMI of 25 or more — considered overweight or obese — varies widely among high-income countries, from 24% in Japan to 79% in Chile.
Foreign tourism has fallen off a cliff.
This is a $100B domestic industry largely concentrated in NYC, southern Florida, southern California, and Las Vegas.
Hotels, airlines, restaurants, and tour guides are already feeling the pain.
Friendly reminder that "somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" is not a quote from Carl Sagan but rather was written about him.
The folks at Quote Investigator have a great breakdown of the real attribution for that line: buff.ly/3i0Ef2r
🧵regarding the introducer sheath commonly known as a 'Cordis' catheter.
We'll go over what it was originally designed for and why it ended up being adopted by other specialties for entirely different reasons.
Also we'll look at its accessories and see what's inside one.
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Look at the reaction of grown men who have played football for decades and are at the top of their profession watching Saquon Barkley do something they have never seen before.
Over 3 seasons, the annual training volume averaged 1379 hours a year.
This quates to an average of 3 hours 45 minutes training every day for 3 years straight 🤯
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A moment of silence in the Ontario Legislature after MPP @solmamakwa shared the sad news that Senator Murray Sinclair has died. Sinclair was chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and one of Canada’s most respected people.
RIP Quincy Jones - the legendary music producer has passed away aged 91.
In addition to winning 28 Grammy Awards for his work as a producer, Jones was also the recipient of an Academy Award and an Emmy.
Quincy is filmed here giving "the best advice I ever got"