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TIL: A 'Thorough-Cough' was a term in 1699 for coughing and farting at the same time. Huzzah!

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LDlr TIL that after Kanye West interrupted Tayor Swift, Comedy Central played South Park’s ‘Fishsticks’ episode on repeat for 2 hours.
OoGQL In this episode of Today I Learned, National Geographic explorer and volcanologist Stephanie Grocke explains what might be driving Santiaguito’s almost hourly eruptions.
xVaVk TIL Brazil has 49 prisons with no guards, where a system of self-rule among inmates has proved a striking success. These prisons "are cheaper to run, have lower rates of recidivism, and are designed to benefit the wider community."
91mQ TIL that Kublai Khan’s mother was Christian - which featured heavily in his open mindedness to other cultures and religions
kOK5W TIL: Robert Moses who built bridges across his parkways low in order to "restrict the use of state parks by poor and lower-middle-class families," who did not own cars and would arrive by bus