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TIL there’s a 12ft tall replica of the Washington Monument under a manhole near the actual monument

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dk08 TIL a sensation known as Poo-Phoria takes place when a large bowel movement stimulates the vagus nerve. Excessive stimulation of the vagus nerve has even been known to make people pass out during a bowel movement.
N7NOQ TIL in 2002 a glacier in Russia traveled 11 miles in 6 minutes, reaching a speed of 150 mph as it crashed into a village and killed 100 people.
yV8wV TIL that Dracula was heavily inspired by Henry Irving, Bram Stoker’s employer. Stoker was close friends with Irving, who was described by others as “a self-absorbed and profoundly manipulative man.”
YpjdA TIL that Justin Long was drugged and abducted while filming Youth in Revolt in Michigan.
QJeZe TIL of Michael Patterson, a man who jumped into a creek to save a drowning four-year-old girl. He ended up severing his spinal cord during the rescue and paralyzing both of his legs and one of his arms. He also suffered other injuries. He later died in hospital.