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TIL about proffesional French "flatulist" Joseph Pujol, aka Le Pétomane, who discovered as a young man that he could suck air into his anus and fart on command. He was the highest earning French entertainer of his time.

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bEnZ TIL After Columbus’s first voyage, he described the natives as “so naive and so free with their possessions…When you ask for something…they never say no. To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone…” He promised from his next voyage “as much gold…and as many slaves” as the crown asks.
X0ZQj TIL the US Air Force uses C130s to drop toys and supplies in Micronesia every Christmas
bEEN TIL: In the Olympics of 67 A.D., Emperor Nero competed in the 4-horse chariot races with a 10-horse team, only to be thrown from his chariot. He didn’t finish the race but he was still proclaimed the winner on the grounds that he would have won had he been able to complete the race.
7nnL TIL that Charlton Heston got his role in “True Lies” because James Cameron “needed someone who could plausibly intimidate Arnold Schwarzenegger”.
dDDOr TIL Sea cucumbers have anal teeth to stop certain organisms from living inside their butt.