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TIL about the ‘exploits’ of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.

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9Zjr TIL A Teenage Cancer Patient Changed The Ending Of ‘Breaking Bad’.
lold7 TIL The exercise called a “deadlift” refers to solldiers in ancient Rome lifting their fallen comrades into wagons.
oBRJr It all depends on the size, physical fitness and hydration of the person in question, but it’s possible to sweat buckets before heatstroke sets in and we pass out. After all, there are about three million sweat glands on the human body (the highest concentration is on our palms), and the average person aggressively working out perspires about 0.7 to 1.5 liters per hour. Theoretically, if we were attached to a treadmill and pumped full of liquids, it’s possible to keep sweating forever.
WkerY TIL that Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay about farting called "Fart Proudly" (also called "A Letter to a Royal Academy about farting", and "To the Royal Academy of Farting")
1yKP TIL in 2013 Charlie Sheen appeared on an episode of Conan and said that he had laughed so hard while watching Chappelle Show, he experienced a ruptured hernia and was rushed to the hospital. The producers of Two and a Half Men assumed his hospitalization was a drug overdose and fired him