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TIL Booger’s super long belch in “Revenge of the Nerds” is actually the sound of a camel climaxing.

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6lem TIL after President Garfield was shot during an assassination attempt in 1881, he was kept alive for several days through rectal feeding, and was even given drams of whisky via his butt. The Dr who treated him was named Dr Doctor.
Nlmb TIL The loudest sound on Earth is a volcanic eruption and it can kill you on the spot.
MJpa TIL that in 1885, Edison offered Tesla $50,000 for redesigning his company’s DC generators. After months of work, Tesla inquired about the payment. Edison said he was only joking, replying, “Tesla, you don’t understand our American humor.” Tesla quit his job shortly after.
J1nk8 TIL that India's largest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has nearly double the membership of the Chinese Communist Party.
BbVW TIL that you can’t make a true James Bond vesper martini anymore. Kina Lillet was discontinued and reformulated in 1986, making the scene in the Casino Royale movie anachronistic (unless the bar had an old bottle lying around)