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TIL - (on my medicine board review exam) Evidenced-based research found that Tai Chai has beneficial outcomes on patients with KNEE osteoarthritis.

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epAlg TIL that scientists in 1997 witnessed a massive battle b/w 9 sperm whales & up to 35 orcas off the coast of Cal. that "clearly establish for the first time that killer whales are predators of sperm whales." The "apparent helplessness of the sperm whales" was striking w/ maybe all 9 eventually dying.
VJD8 TIL John Cusack has trained in kickboxing for over 20 years and is a sixth-degree black belt.
YLa7 TIL When asked about his sex life during an interview, Marlon Brando said, “Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences and I am not ashamed. But if there is someone who is convinced that Jack Nicholson and I are lovers, may they continue to do so. I find it amusing.”
Y6xr TIL that molten tungsten is so hot, that if you dropped it into lava, the lava would freeze the tungsten…
J1vWB TIL: In 1952 British politician Christopher Mayhew, in a rare and 'unbroadcast' BBC Panorama special, once demonstrated the effects of mescaline hydrochloride, leading to a series of predictably comical incongruities.