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TIL that people who have a "fast" metabolism actually have an inefficient metabolism. They have higher levels of " "uncoupling proteins" in the mitochondria of their cells, which essentially causes energy to be lost in the form of heat and not stored as fat.

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gr6mb TIL It is generally accepted that the first real high five was done by Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team on October 2, 1977.
6EAbX Today I learned about "The Thing", one of the first covert listening devices (bugs), which was implanted in a Great Seal of the United States gifted from the Soviet Union to the United States and, being entirely passive in nature, remained hidden for 7 years.
69GnZ TIL that "no bueno" is not real Spanish but rather a calque: "a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word or root-for-root translation"
8GM8 TIL the Manchineel tree, native to Florida, considered the most poisonous tree in the world, causes painful blisters if you stand under it during rain, blinds you if smoke from its burned wood touches your eyes, can poison water with its leaves and will cause death if you eat its fruits.
LLpv TIL in 1977 Jose Campos Torres was arrested for disorderly conduct and severely beaten by six police officers. The city jail would not process him due to his injuries and ordered the officers to take him to the hospital. Instead they took him to the bayou where they pushed Torres in and he drowned.