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TIL infants initially defecate in diapers because they have not yet been taught how to use the toilet.

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46m5 TIL someone invented a circular sling shot or torus device called a “SlingATron” to launch things into space.
nKK7 TIL scientists were monitoring whale stress levels by analyzing their poop and found that their stress plummeted sharply after the 9/11 attacks. After shipping traffic was halted, the oceans quieted down and made it easier for whales to communicate with each other
jNZxn TIL that Ulysses S. Grant provided the defeated and starving Confederate Army with food rations after their surrender in April, 1865. Because of this, for the rest of his life, Robert E. Lee "would not tolerate an unkind word about Grant in his presence."
mWdx TIL that state vegetable of Oklahoma is the Watermelon…which is a fruit.
Mpa0 TIL The night before the Olympic final, Michael Jordan apparently spent the night drinking and gambling all night, then he went on a long day of press appearances, plus 18 holes of golf in Barcelona, before he went on to lead Team USA in a gold-medal winning victory over Croatia.