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TIL The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow

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GAoaE TIL Missing Post Office, an artwork by Japanese artist Saya Kubota, is a "post office" where undeliverable letters are collected. Addressees include deceased individuals, future descendants, first loves to whom writers were unable to express their feelings, themselves, and long-time favorite items.
WkKxo TIL About the rectoanal inhibitory reflex (RAIR), which is what provides the upper anal canal with the ability to discriminate between flatus and fecal material. It allows for voluntary flatulation without also eliminating solid waste.
WlwB TIL of Ming the clam, who was the oldest animal ever found whose age could be accurately determined, at 507. The actual sex of the clam, however, is unknown, as its reproductive state was recorded as “spent.”
KYNx9 TIL five different organizations claim ancestry to the Knights Hospitallers and they all recognize each other.
xVPrb TIL In the 1997 film Titanic, James Cameron himself draw all of the art for Leonardo DiCaprio's character Jack, including the famous sketch if Kate Winslet. The close up shots of Jack creating the drawing are actually of Cameron's hands, not DiCaprio's