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TIL strength training increases bone density in postmenopausal women

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E1Z0p TIL the avocado industry in Mexico is so big that the Mexican cartel for years took over farms through extortion. But the city of Tancítaro, the world capital of avocado production, took back their farms back by arming their citizens, building their own police, and bulletproofing their trucks.
4olw TIL every time Paul Rudd goes on Conan’s show to promote a movie, he instead shows a poorly staged clip from the movie Mac and Me.
78dMp TIL Göran Kropp of Sweden rode his bicycle to Nepal, climbed Everest alone without Sherpas or bottled oxygen, then cycled back to Sweden again.
GY98E TIL that someone hacked $280,000,000 from banks and donated it all to African and Palestinian charities
JYR5m TIL in 2017, after three consecutive years of the Scripps National Spelling Bee ending in a tie, the rules were changed. Contestants still on stage after the first day of the bee are now given a written test. If necessary to avoid a tie, the results of the test are used to determine the winner.