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TIL it is illegal to perform the Rusty Trombone in the state of Utah

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QwOL TIL being unpopular increases our chance of death more strongly than obesity, physical inactivity or binge drinking
wLxao TIL about 'non-responders'. Not everyone can run daily and improve. 20% of people will feel the same after a few weeks as they did on the first day, while some people can get fitter quickly. This is the same for all exercises.
wLvn7 TIL a 'deadline' (1860s) was a line drawn in or around a prison that inmates would be shot dead for crossing.
w4GP TIL that mafia capo Gregory Scarpa was recruited by the FBI to help find the bodies of three civil rights workers. Scarpa got the locations of the bodies after he kidnapped a Klansman, pistol-whipped him and stuck a gun in his mouth
xYdo TIL General William Tecumseh Sherman once said of Ulysses S. Grant: “Grant is a great general. He stood by me when I was crazy. and I stood by him when he was drunk; and now we stand by each other.” Sherman had been previously removed from command for insanity.