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TIL strength training increases bone density.

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LkAWm TIL there's a place in the coast of Namibia called "Skeleton coast" and nicknamed "The Land God made in Anger" and "The Gates of Hell", that holds the remains of over a thousand shipwrecks and, by land, can only be left by crossing hundreds of miles of marshes and desert.
9Y07 TIL Led Zeppelin played a 4.5 hour set with only 1 album of material
oJB7 TIL Canada abruptly cancelled the development of its own fighter jet (Avro Arrow) in the 1950s in favour of Nuclear missiles (Bomarcs). All the engineers left for NASA thereafter.
x6JVw TIL that D.W. from the Arthur TV series was always voiced by a male voice actor, because a female voice sounded too "nice" and "sweet" for her character.
0Nb1 TIL before The Hobbit was published in Nazi Germany, JRR Tolkien was asked whether he was Aryan. He replied “But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people.”