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TIL that Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to the Royal Academy of Brussels called “Fart Proudly”. The letter discussed the health benefits of passing gas an even included fart related puns.

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WkG9 TIL that, in 2008 “more than 36,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S., and more than 20,000 of these overdose deaths were from prescription drugs” according to the CDC.
wokm7 TIL Ancient Roman texts describe a tell for pathicus - a derogatory term that describes the passive man in same-sex acts. When a man scratches his head with only one finger, that was the tell of a pathicus because he was careful not to disturb is hairdo.
vP6KD TIL in Singapore, if no one from a race has been president for the last five terms, the election is reserved for that race
VBjVQ TIL Pierce Brosnan's final performance as James Bond was not in a movie, but rather in the 2004 video game "James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing," which also saw Willem Dafoe lend his voice and likeness to the villain Nikolai Diavolo.
rRjXW TIL that axolotls are basically real life pokemon that can morph into salamanders when exposed to excessive levels of iodine