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TIL that the human body contains more bacterial cells than human cells.

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dD7GZ TIL that Giacomo Puccini's wife, Elvira, spiked his coffee with bromide to suppress his sexual urges when attractive women came to dinner. It doesn't seem to have worked as he had numerous affairs.
MGlV TIL a family-friendly game developer went into a depression after people repeteadely criticized his game character for looking like ‘a scary animatronic’. He overcame depression, was inspired to make a horror game, and went on to create 'Five Nights at Freddy’s’.
KO4B TIL that in 1913 a Slovakian coal miner invented a parachute skirt. He demonstrated it by jumping off a building in Washington within eye shot of the U.S. Patent Office.
Br5GK TIL that in January 2004 the Mayor of Colorado City, AZ was expelled at the behest of convicted Pedophile Cult Leader Warren Jeffs.
6EDZl TIL the Australian insult "drongo" comes from a failed race horse, which itself was named after a native bird.