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TIL Australian toilets don’t flush clockwise because of the coriolis effect, but because of the way those toilets are designed

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PLpL TIL that a Russian scientist got hit in the head by the proton beam in a particle accelerator and survived to tell the tale.
R7dg7 TIL Julie Andrews was the lead in the original Broadway production of “My Fair Lady”, but not in the 1964 film due to not being well-known enough; the role eventually went to Audrey Hepburn. Andrews won the 1965 Best Actress Oscar over Hepburn for playing Mary Poppins.
LkDrp TIL the oldest recorded joke in history is an Ancient Sumerian fart joke
mxwXp TIL that in UK sign language, the sign for Scotland is bagpipes, which is a sound a deaf person wouldn't hear. I got this because I watched a briefing from 10 Downing Street.
J1waj TIL A riot involving firefighters and clowns at a whorehouse led to the formation of the modern police force in Toronto in 1885. It is known as the Toronto Circus Riot of 1885.