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TIL Not being able to poop in public toilet is a condition called parcopresis.

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x6b11 TIL that the Guiness World Records discontinued the "Heaviest Pets" category in 1998 to deter people from over-feeding their pets just to appear in the book.
x6epo TIL the gibnut, a member of the rodent family, is called “Royal Rat” in Belize because it was served in a stew to Queen Elizabeth II during her 1985 visit of the country. She declared it tasted “like rabbit” and was perfectly happy to eat it
QJYL9 TIL the reason people with ADHD tend to experience sleep-related issues is because we have a different circadian rhythm than neurotypicals. Since society revolves around the 11pm-7am sleep cycle, folks with ADHD are forced to adapt to a foreign sleep schedule and are often more tired because of it.
ADo8x TIL of the Giant Pyrosome; a “free-floating, colonial tunicate that is made of thousands of identical clones, together forming a hollow cylindrical structure that can be 60 feet (18 m) long and wide enough for a person to enter”
MBGB TIL 7 million American children suddenly disappeared in 1987 when the IRS started demanding that their Social Security numbers be included on the tax return of those claiming them as dependents.