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TIL people have actually had their intestines sucked out of their anus via pool drain

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VMWnp TIL - Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson was killed by friendly fire during the Civil War.
Z8Kao TIL one in 5000 babies is born without a butt hole, called Imperforate Anus, which has to be fixed surgically by the hospital.
pYGDZ TIL about Matthew Hopkins, believed responsible for the executions of 100+ “witches” in 1644–1646
0wZvv TIL that Keanu Reeves was initially offered Val Kilmer's role in the 1995 film Heat. He turned it down to play Hamlet in a 789 seat theatre in Manitoba.
R7yXl TIL that Sir Isaac Newton invented the first color wheel. Before his experiments, the better notion was that all colors were mixtures of Red (most light) and Blue (most darkness). Newton thought it was BS so he did light mixing experiments.