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TIL about American diner lingo

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GYbD7 TIL in 1974, Crips leader Stanley “Tookie” “Williams encountered a body builder named Arnold Schwarzenegger who complimented Williams’ muscular physique. Decades later, Arnold Schwarzenegger would deny Williams a clemency decision that would’ve saved him from a state-administered lethal injection.
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