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TIL a "bum gun" is a type of bidet that resembles a garden hose with a hand-spray nozzle. They're so commonly found in Thailand (both Western-style and squat toilets) that politicians were outraged upon learning their parliamentary building didn't have what some refer to as "ass blasters".

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d8opB TIL A fault with the automation system on Australian Qantas Flight 72 (2008) caused the jet to violently pitch down so steeply, several passengers were thrown up from their seats and their heads smashed through ceiling panels. Some sustained long term permanent head, back, bone, and joint injuries.
VBEj0 TIL that it was common medical practice to inject urine in a frog as a pregnancy test.
GYYnG TIL that Timothy Leary was able to get out of prison after he filled in a psych test which put him as low-risk...which he himself designed.
b9OBN TIL that Robert Downey Jr is an avid practitioner of Wing Chun, which he attributes to helping him maintain his sobriety
R0l4 TIL 99% of women and 95% of men talk to their pets (and 93% of women/87% of men think their pets communicate back).