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TIL Scientists have farted onto Petri dishes to see if farting can contaminate an operating theater.

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peWQ TIL that the “Galileo” space probe was intentionally crashed into Jupiter at the end of its operational life to avoid contaminating Jupiter’s moons with bacteria.
r6a0 TIL The Royal Navy commissioned a class of fast patrol boats during the 1950s which were all prefixed with the word ‘gay’. Names of boats in this class included Gay Bruiser and Gay Charger.
p8MoG TIL that mooning is legal and in fact protected under the First Ammendment in the USA
7PyP TIL the world population is predicted to peak at 9 billion in 2050, then start to decrease dramatically.
BRmk TIL Ted Nugent, at 30 years old in 1978, began a relationship with a 17 year old girl. Due to the age difference, they could not marry so Nugent joined her parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian.