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TIL Ben Franklin wrote a scientific essay about farts called “Fart Proudly”

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YA4P TIL that Mario Andretti once refused to drive a racing car when he discovered that the Church of Scientology was one of its sponsors.
RWR8 TIL that beginning in the 1940s through the 1960s, the Quebec government collaborated with the Catholic Church to falsely certify 20,000 “orphaned” children as mentally ill and confine them to psychiatric institutions. The orphans were then subjected to medical experimentation and sexual abuse.
GgR4 TIL Actress Jodie Foster was born three years after her parents got divorced. She was conceived while her mom was visitin her dad for child support.
Xxd8 TIL test pilot Thomas W. Attridge, Jr. shot himself down while testing the F-11 Tiger. After firing a short burst at 13,000 ft, Attridge accelerated into a dive and leveled off to fire another burst at 7,000 ft where he was struck by the bullets he’d fired earlier.
M7AZK TIL that the song "whataya want from me" was written by Pink for the album Funhouse. But never released. Released by Adam Lambert in 2009, with great succes. And in 2010 released by Pink on her "Greatest hits...So far" album.