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TIL area of medicine devoted to farts is called flatology

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Jrlv TIL that the term “hipster” originated in the 1940s, and was used to describe jazz afficionados, characterized by their “dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes.”
b6oV4 TIL that Billings, MT has the highest rate of depression in the United States (31% of the population).
Jm8V TIL Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of Propaganda, who targeted people with birth defects, was born with a deformed right leg.
VBNNk TIL that Don Norman is truly the Don for a reason. 89 years of wisdom in this incredible individual!
D1GXv TIL a viking grave of a woman warrior was dug up, and contrast to the skeletal evidence, it was assumed to be male due to the weapons in the grave. Even after DNA testing proved she was female, claims were then tried to be made that the bones got mixed up.