GLEANINGS

Tom “The Suit” Forst’s favorite guitar is the OCG 2 Tom Forst model, handcrafted by Master Builder Peter A. Occhineri of Occhineri Custom Guitars. Klingon enthusiasts can get certified in the warrior tongue through the Klingon Language Institute’s certification program (kli.org). Average weightlifters can deadlift between 1 and 1.5 times their body weight; James Clear’s best deadlift was just over 500 pounds.

Provision Living surveyed 2,000 people and found that 95 percent had a bucket list, 21 percent update it at least monthly, and 66 percent plan on checking off an item within the year.

The health risk of isolation equates to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to Brigham Young University professor, Julianne Holt-Lunstad.

As a pitcher at Denison University, James Clear received Academic AllAmerica® honors, a premier, nationwide award program sponsored by ESPN The Magazine.

Unused Footage

From deadlifting to warrior tongues and a U.S. Air Force mechanic turned movie star— some of the gleanings we gathered up while making the summer 2020 installment of VESTED were just too good to leave on the cutting room floor. Take a read to find out this issue’s best bits that didn’t quite fit.

People living in Japan, China, and Taiwan have been wearing face masks outdoors for a host of cultural and environmental reasons, including nonmedical ones, since the 1950s.

San Francisco International Airport has two 24-hour yoga rooms—simply look for the meditation icon signs throughout the airport.

Playing a humble mechanic in the 2007 film The Bucket List came naturally to Morgan Freeman. He served as one in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 until 1959.

23% of companies now offer sabbaticals

A reported 23 percent of companies in the U.S. now offer sabbaticals from work, including Adobe, Boston Consulting Group, Autodesk, and even The Cheesecake Factory.

Using the term ax to describe guitars dates back to 1955 when it was jazz slang for the saxophone.