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TIL Simeon Stylites lived on top of columns for 37 years. Simeon did this as a form of asceticism because when he lived in a cave people kept making pilgrimages to him and asking him religious questions. Ultimately his column life drew in even bigger crowds who would climb ladders to talk to him.

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E1e1W TIL about Joseph Pujol (aka Le Petomane) who was a Fartiste. After swimming in the sea, he discovered an icy feeling in his stomach, and upon coming ashore, found water poring from his rectum. He discovered he had a special talent in contracting the muscles in his abdomen and could fart at will.
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