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TIL: Male Jurors are more likely to find fat women guilty

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D1Z7g TIL that female ultrarunners are faster than male ultrarunners at distances of over 195 miles. One possible reason for this is that, when compared to males, female ultrarunners have muscles that are more resistant to fatigue and are able to burn their storage of fat for energy more efficiently.
N7GeP TIL of J.I. Rodale, an early supporter of organic eating and farming. While on the Dick Cavett show, at the age of 72, Rodale said "I've never felt better in my life" and "I'm going to live to be 100..." Minutes later Rodale died on the couch while the next guest was being interviewed by Cavett.
yVGvX TIL the Geneva Convention prevents the use of the graphic + cross symbol (and crescent) in almost all circumstances — except to indicate or to protect the medical units and establishments.
R7Qvw TIL Johann Sebastian Bach had 20 children. The family spawned 50 musicians and several notable composers: Joahnnes (a piper), Christoph (an instrumentalist), Johann Ambrosius (a violinist), and Veit (a white bread baker whose greatest pleasure was playing the Cittern).
KYYlQ TIL Mark Twain declared that he discovered the right way to do an autobiography by talking about whatever interested him at the moment rather than writing it chronologically. From his bed, Twain dictated nearly 2,000 pages of the book to his stenographer over three years