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TIL the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics said that there is no evidence to support the use of detox diets for weight management or toxin elimination, & that considering the financial costs and potential health risks of them, they should be discouraged by health professionals.

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rNdMW TIL before his career took off, Patrick Swayze and his wife had a carpentry business. Though Swayze didn’t know much about carpentry at first, he learned a lot through books, and their business ended being very profitable. At one point, they even renovated the kitchen of actress Jaclyn Smith.
Zb84 TIL that R. Lee Ermey, the actor who played Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, is the only retired US Marine to ever be promoted. He was personally promoted by the Commandant to Gunnery Sergeant, to match his rank in the movie.
nLPB TIL a defense lawyer sat a random person at the defendant’s table. When the prosecution’s only witness, a police officer, was asked to point to the defendant in the room, the cop pointed to the man at the defense table. The real client was declared not guilty; the defense lawyer was held in contempt
OG0OY TIL about the Witches Well, a (now) dry fountain installed outside Edinburgh Castle, in 1894, to memorialize the thousands of victims, mostly women, accused of witchcraft who were burned at the stake, nearby. It is the only such memorial to these victims in Scotland.
gr8MA TIL The more irritated the llama is, the further back into each of the three stomach compartments it will try to draw materials from for its spit.