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TIL that when you flush the toilet, stool particles fly up, up to five feet in the air.

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j6GVj TIL that in the internal data of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, there is data for Professor Oak as a Pokémon Trainer. His team includes the starter Pokémon that neither the player nor the rival chose, and his Pokémon have higher levels than those of the Champion and the final boss, the rival.
b9RxZ TIL that walruses can whistle
n1g7 TIL the term “groggy” comes from either the British or American Navy. These sailors drank Grog, which was a mix of rum, water, and citrus juice, which was used to fight scurvy. Someone who is dazed or sleepy might feel as if they have had too much grog, making them “groggy.”
e0pXg TIL in the 1960's NASA funded a study attempting to get dolphins to speak English, wherein a woman lived in a partially flooded house with a dolphin, they took LSD together, and she gave the dolphin handjobs. Ultimately, they discovered it was not possible to teach a dolphin to speak English.
x6bww TIL that in 1998, Frito-Lay released their WOW! line of potato chips, marketed as “fat free” by being cooked in Olestra, an indigestible synthetic fat. It caused severe gastrointestinal problems including the now infamous “anal leakage”