America ! We ’re super fat ! We take up multiple plane seats ! We drink pudding for breakfast ! We pose around on the internet ! Well , two third gear of us are — and thanks to them , now fewer of us can fit out on gravy boat .
The Coast Guard is modify its official assumed intermediate weighting per individual from 160 to 185 pound of American flab , tilt the legal limit of how many the great unwashed are allowed on a commercial vessel . For instance , NPR describe , “ A boat rated for a 16,000 - pounding capacity would be reserve to carry 86 people under the new rule , compare with 100 that are fine under the current standard . ” Luckily , the new rules wo n’t affect individual boats — so feel free to voyage out into external waters and have a build your own sundae party with as many obese friends as you want . [ viaNPR ]
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