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TIL when you're stretching your body releases endorphins, that's why it feels so good.

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6EB5w TIL: There was a year where the New England states did not have a summer: 1816. Frost and cold snaps throughout the summer months killed crops and made life miserable.
JYa84 TIL that the word "sabotage" comes from the French word for clog; "sabot". When looms were industrialised, redundant workers would throw their clogs into the machinery and this became known as sabotage. It is theorised that this is also the origin of the phrase "clogged up".
a7DN TIL Mark Zuckerberg once said of Facebook users, “They trust me–dumb fucks.”
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DJ TIL In 1974, biggest drink McDonald’s offered was 21 oz. Today, that’s roughly the size of a “small” drink at Burger King.