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TIL particles of your poop can be sent to a company that will sequence and analyze your bacteria data for under $100

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g98b TIL Bob Ross served in the military and vowed never to scream again.
WkZPB TIL that deaf parents use special vibrating baby monitors or smart watch applications to alert them when babies are crying during the night.
woMA7 TIL that tabloid newspapers take their name from medicines. The first pills were known as "tabloids" of compressed powder for easy administration. Tabloid newspapers got their name because they are condensed stories and are "easier to swallow" than normal newspapers.
mnBO TIL that Catalan activist Enric Duran took out 68 loans from a total of 39 banks between 2006-2008, with no collateral, and no intention of repaying, and used the money to finance activist movements, as an act of ‘financial civil disobedience’
PdEJ TIL the city of Glasgow spends £10,000 a year removing traffic cones from the head of Duke of Wellngton statue.