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TIL area of medicine devoted to farts is called flatology

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Br79r TIL that in Cape Town, a cannon has been fired everyday since 1806 to signal noon. It was traditionally used so that ships could set their chronometers.
rR46x TIL the USA was the first country to gain independence from the British Empire.
Yppd7 TIL in 2010,a man bought a photo of Billy The Kid from a junk shop for $2,which could be potentially be sold for 5 million dollars.
agxN TIL Pakistan is an acronym: Punjab, Afghan and Kashmir
8e7Za TIL that every Australian is entitled to a portrait of the reigning monarch - paid for by the government. After the Queen died, there was a rush to get the last portraits of her before the Charles stock came in.