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TIL Ed Sheeran granted a dying fans wish, which was to hear him sing, by singing to her minutes before she died

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B5bk TIL a nurse wanted to know if her farts were contaminating equipment in the lab. The doctor and a microbiologist tested the hypothesis by having a colleague fart clothed then naked onto two Petri dishes. The conclusion was that clothing acts as a filter, but naked farts can cause contamination.
DJ4e TIL that as a 16 year old Ronda Rousey was a moderator of a Pokémon forum, and her username was mew182.
4X4xa TIL Don Rickles befriended mobster ‘Crazy Joe’ Gallo when he made fun of Gallo in his stand-up against everyone’s warnings. Gallo took it in good humor and invited Rickles out to dinner. He declined, and that night the restaurant erupted in a gunfight, killing Gallo.
dg7Z TIL that it was illegal in Soviet Union to not have a job
oQgL TIL at one point in the late sixties, a plane was hijacked and diverted to Cuba more than once a week.