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TIL a British man holds the record for the worlds longest recorded fart, 59 seconds of uninterrupted flatulence

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M7O08 TIL about Roman Vomitorium's, a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre or a stadium, through which big crowds can exit rapidly at the end of a performance i.e. to spew out of a venue. They were not rooms dedicated for feasts for people to binge and purge.
bLkj TIL you have a 76.6% chance of surviving a plane crash even when you narrow down the stats to the worst accidents. If you include all accidents you have a 95.7% of surviving.
xm4w TIL no Canadian Prime Minister has been assassinated while serving their term and only two have died in office, as a result of a stroke, and heart attack respectively.
4X6GN TIL that only one sitting President has been arrested while in office: Ulysses S. Grant, was arrested for speeding.
KOL4J TIL Cosmetic companies list water as "aqua" because they are abiding by the INCI (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients) which is a naming system for oils, pigments, chemicals, and other ingredients of cosmetics. This way everyone knows exactly what's what when they read the label.