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TIL there is a medical chart used to classify types of poop

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9wdQ6 TIL in 2001, Mattel made a vibrating Harry Potter broomstick that led to many questionable Amazon user reviews. They discontinued the toy after adult stores in Times Square started selling them for twice their original retail price
PlAZ TIL 360 people on average die in police chases in the US every year, 1/3 being innocent bystanders. There is no mandatory reporting system, so it is speculated this number is 3-4 times higher.
0wOMy TIL that Maya Angelou didn’t celebrate her birthday because of Martin Luther King’s death
4XwMb TIL the largest lawsuit ever filed was for $2 Undecillion. That's a 2 followed by 36 zeros.
5DaP TIL Jim Rice, of the Boston Red Sox, rushed into the stands in 1982 to help a young boy who had been struck in the head by a line drive. Rice carried the boy onto the field, through the Red Sox dugout and into the clubhouse, where the young boy could be treated by the team’s medical staff.