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TIL In 2013, a burglar in Oklahoma used the toilet and forgot to flush. He was caught after being identified by DNA.

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0ddwR TIL that The ancient Egyptian port city Heracleion was said to have collapsed into the sea. Everyone thought it was a myth until 1933, when a British air force pilot spotted the undersea ruins. But it would take until 1999 for archaeologists to precisely locate the city and start exploring.
v1eAB TIL The bezel on a dive watch only turns counterclockwise so that if the bezel is bumped accidentally during a dive it will only move in one direction, subtracting time from the dive and prompting the diver to surface early rather than staying under for too long.
epvBg TIL zoochosis is a form of psychosis that develops in animals held captive in zoos, it manifests with stereotypic behaviors that depend on species, in some animals it may not be noticed by humans at all. We can assume many millions of animals worldwide suffer from this condition.
gkLA TIL that a “Cloaca” is an all-in-one hole which serves as a pee-hole + ass-hole + birth hole + in/out sex-hole. Birds have this all-purpose hole, as do some mammals, and 1 in 20,000 humans. Some turtles even breath through it, making it a 5-purpose hole for them.
N78D6 TIL the NHTSA's crash tests haven't been updated since the 70's, and no crash safety tests being performed today test with women in mind. They all test for the average male, and women have a 47% higher rate of serious injury in frontal collisions than men.