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TIL an Indian rationalist was accused of blasphemy and had to flee the country after he proved that the “miracle” tears coming from a Jesus statue actually came from clogged drainage pipes.

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g5pW TIL that the male urethra produces a spiral stream of urine that has the effect of cleaning the external urethral meatus (Where the urine exits the body). The lack of an equivalent mechanism in the female urethra partly explains why urinary tract infections occur so much more frequently in females
RVP8 TIL that Sony BMG used music cds to illegally install rootkits on users computers to prevent them from ripping copyrighted music; the rootkits themselves, in a copyright violation, included open-source software.
jNryE TIL Dan Snyder, who owns the Washington Redskins ruined the life of a National Park Ranger by cutting trees down along the Potomac River so he could see the river from his house. The trees were located in a national park, and the ranger who raised concern about the trees was raided by US Marshals
VMpZp TIL that a Marine called customer service when his M107 .50 caliber sniper rifle failed during a gunfight with the Taliban. After several minutes the weapon was back in service.
9Y5Rp TIL In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death