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All muscles are capable of cramping, but the ones farthest away from your spinal cord—in your feet and lower legs, for example—tend to be the most vulnerable to seizing up. The long, spindly nerve cells that run from the spinal cord to the toes are especially prone to damage. The prevalence of nerve damage increases with age, so the elderly are among the most common victims.

X0EMD TIL that there is a British tradition of having Military Goats and that there are royal Goat bloodlines. There is one serving as Lance Corporal, named William Windsor.
rNlrw TIL only 10-12% of the global population lives in the Southern Hemisphere
wLNEY TIL Gouda is pronounced How-da
V55p TIL That you weigh more in London than in Bangkok due to variations in gravity along the earth’s surface
D96p TIL the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) saw the only confirmed air-to-air helicopter battles in history.