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TIL that high blood pressure can lead to osteoporosis because you pee excessive calcium when you have high blood pressure

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Y7kaW TIL Henri LaMothe used to dive from a platform 40 feet in the air into a kiddie pool filled with 15 inches of water. He continued doing this well into his 70's
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YpZPd TIL that in the Garfield comic strip, Jon originally had a roommate named Lyman, who was also Odie's owner. He stopped appearing after a few years. Cartoonist Jim Davis has never confirmed what happened to him--all he's said on the subject is "Don't look in Jon's basement!"
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