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TIL a nurse wanted to know if her farts were contaminating equipment in the lab. The doctor and a microbiologist tested the hypothesis by having a colleague fart clothed then naked onto two Petri dishes. The conclusion was that clothing acts as a filter, but naked farts can cause contamination.

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Y7mxG TIL Dogs poop in alignment with Earth’s North-South magnetic field
Mej5m TIL Psy, famous for Gangnam Style, stayed up late for about 30 nights to come up with the dance. He had tested various "cheesy" animal-inspired dance moves with his choreographer, including panda and kangaroo moves, before settling for the horse trot, which involves pretending to ride a horse.
WGW8 TIL 10,000 Iowan farmers built 380 miles of road (entire width of the state) in one hour on a Saturday morning in 1910
b9oyZ TIL that the cost of developing the B-29 Superfortress exceeded that of the Manhattan Project by ~1 billion (about 50% more)
N7gA6 TIL about Derek Paravicini, an autistic, blind, and severely mentally handicapped piano savant. He can play, transpose, and improvise on nearly any song he has ever heard despite his disabilities.