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Good Morning. One anonymous online tip filed in March led the FBI to a man now accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired attack. Plus, The Gentleman's brownies, cereals by state, and Steve Jobs on clarity. (first time here? Join 523,000 Betterists).

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FBI: Anonymous Tip

The FBI arrested a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man Saturday, alleging he was preparing an ISIS-inspired attack. Agents stopped him outside a hotel in Cranberry Township, about 25 miles north of Pittsburgh, carrying rifle magazines and ammunition.

Federal agents watched him buy a disposable phone, collect a long black bag from a car trunk, and pay cash for a week at the hotel. Searches turned up a rifle, about 190 rounds and 30 knives.

The case began with an anonymous online tip to the FBI in March, about troubling behavior after his release from juvenile detention. He faces a federal firearms charge tied to terrorism. Tips can be anonymous and filed online.

The move: report concerning behavior anonymously through the FBI's anonymous online tip form.

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Crypto Bill Stalls

A Senate bill creating the first federal rules for cryptocurrency failed a key vote yesterday, 49-50, well short of the 60 needed to advance. Every voting Democrat and several Republicans voted no. The Republicans who voted against it.

Democrats said the bill's ethics limits weren't strong enough to cover the president's crypto businesses, which brought him more than $1.4 billion last year, per his disclosure. Republican backers said Trump had already agreed to new ethics concessions.

Bitcoin fell 3% amid a wider sell-off, and shares of Coinbase and Circle dropped 8% and 10%. Congress leaves in October for the midterms, so the bill likely waits until next year, when control of either chamber could change.

Rome's Road Myth

Researchers analyzed roughly 190,000 miles of Roman roads and found that not all of them led to Rome. The study, published Tuesday, shows Constantinople, today's Istanbul, was far more central for overland travel (photos).

Romans built straight roads only where the land allowed. In Spain, the Via Augusta passes under a Roman triumphal arch on the same path as today's N-340 motorway, one of many highways tracing ancient routes.

The most central road in Italy actually followed the Adriatic coast, bypassing Rome. Provincial capitals like London sat at their region's crossroads, which made collecting taxes easier. The full road map is free online. Explore the free map of every road.

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Tom Cruise's Method for Chasing Big Goals

At 4 years old, Tom Cruise rigged a parachute from his bedsheets and jumped off the top of his monkey bars. It didn't work. Decades later, he rode a motorcycle off a cliff and opened a real one.

His method is simple. Write down a goal, then list underneath it every skill you need to reach it. Then learn those skills one at a time. As a kid, he kept his goals on a board on his wall and stopped telling people about them. Then, he simply outworked everyone to achieve them (5 ways to outwork anyone).

"A person without a dream," he says, "they've decided not to live."

Also in this interview: why he doesn't fear death (4:12), his goal-writing method (8:47), and the 4-year-old bedsheet parachute (28:43). Photos.

A Simple Exercise to Transform Your Body

If you're the dad who hauls every beach bag, cooler, and chair from the car in one trip, you're already doing Joe Rogan's favorite exercise.

It's called the farmer's carry, and Rogan says it transformed his body in about four months. He walks two 70-pound kettlebells up and down his hilly 200-yard driveway. When his forearms are on fire, he chalks his hands and goes again.

The results, he says: thicker, stronger legs, a back that feels better, a much stronger grip, and more strength in every other lift.

Carrying heavy weight keeps your core and back tight the whole time, so your body learns to work as one unit. Real strength isn't just lifting heavy things. It's picking them up and walking.

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