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In 1781, Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay about farting

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0dv55 TIL in a 1977 Speech in Warsaw, U.S. President Jimmy Carter's translator mistranslated several remarks, stating that President Carter had abandonded the U.S never to return, and that he wished to get to know the Polish people 'carnally'.
QJLJ9 TIL in South Korea people under the age of 16 can't play online games between midnight and 6 a.m.
9wMNm TIL that my university has their own version of the Poop Knife- they did research to see if a knife made of poop could disarticulate a dog
0w1kv TIL that in 1969, the Colorado government detonated a nuclear bomb (twice as powerful as as the bomb at Hiroshima) underground for the purpose of fracking.
mxoYy TIL: Atheletes have a resting heart rate of 40 bpm whereas others have it at around 70 bpm. Because they have stronger heart muscles.