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TIL of a genetic condition which gives people increased muscle strength and twice the usual amount of muscle mass. There are no known related health issues. Affected are intellectually normal.(Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy)

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v1RbB TIL that Apelles, an ancient Greek painter, was considered by many, including Pliny, to be the greatest artist in the world. Pliny recorded that Alexander the Great so admired Apelles's work that he gave his concubine to him. Today, none of Apelles's original works have survived.
W769 TIL just how historically inaccurate Braveheart actually was. Prince Edward II (by then the king) didn’t marry Isabella of France until 3 years after William Wallace was hung, drawn, and quartered. She was 13 years old.
jN60a TIL Thomas Edison would give potential employees a bowl of soup during the interview, if they salted or peppered the soup before tasting it they wouldn't get the job. This was to test whether the employees had analytical minds and didn't make assumptions.
lkP1 TIL Ted Bundy was used like Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in Silence of the Lambs and was asked for help in catching the Green River Killer (Gary Ridgway), another Serial Killer active in Washington State. Bundy predicted Ridgway’s actions.
DBor TIL the United States Air Force nearly detonated an atomic bomb over North Carolina in 1961. The bomb was 260 times more powerful than the device which devasted Hiroshima in 1945.