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TIL that the Chinese Community Party under Mao banned Bodybuilding in 1953, calling it a "unproductive and narcissistic pursuit of beauty", the ban was lifted 30 years later

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wLDYW TIL Spider-Man's trademark web-swinging technique in "The Amazing Spider-Man" was done using practical effects instead of the cgi used in the previous films. They built a giant rig that allowed a stuntman to swing from a thin cable attached to a winch over and through the real streets of NYC.
OGG86 TIL that Seinfeld's lawyers allowed the real J. Peterman to review the script for every episode that featured him.
R7mJ7 TIL July 1 is Bobby Bonilla day and the NY Mets are the worst negotiators in MLB and apparently the world. He'll get 1.2 million dollars until 2035
ADVk4 TIL that the United States had laws against cross dressing which were enforced well into the 1970s.
xEN0 TIL the guy that punched Snooki, joined the Army, because he couldn’t get a job.