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TIL Gymnasium is ultimately derived from gymnos meaning naked, by way of the related verb gymnazo, whose meaning is "to train naked".

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Y7D5r TIL that the 1994 film “The Mask,” was based on a much more violent comic book. The protagonist, Stanley Ipkiss, goes on a revenge spree, murders a number of cops, and is eventually shot in the back and killed by his girlfriend, Kathy, who sees the Mask for what it is, and plans to destroy it.
xVR6o TIL An English manager has never won the Premier League. Since the Premier League started in 1992 11 managers have won but none of them have been English
xaM0 TIL North Korea is the only country where the possession, sale, and cultivation of cannabis is completely legal.
5YRKk TIL that solid closing sound that doors on expensive cars make is faked to make them appear sturdier than they actually are
889Z TIL: a man suffering from muteness spoke his first words in over 6 years after riding Coney Island’s Cyclone coaster. His words were, “I feel sick.”