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TIL that I’ve been pooping the wrong way my whole life.

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Mer90 TIL that more people are buried in Rochester, NY's Mount Hope Cemetery than are currently alive in the city limits (350,000 buried to 210,000 alive).
GoxJ TIL: The reason George Jefferson was able to “move on up” was because he won a lawsuit against the city after being hit by a city bus. He used that money to open his own business.
8e1jP TIL that America's poorest state (Mississippis) has a higher GDP per capita than China's richest province (Jiangsu). Likewise, China's poorest province (Gansu) has a higher GDP per capita than India's richest state (Goa).
ZpaMa TIL about India's tallest captive elephant Thechikottukavu Ramachandran, owned by Thechikottukavu devasom, a temple in the Indian state of Kerala. Thechi stands at 316 cm tall and is the largest captive elephant in India. He is fondly named Ekachatradhipathi (The Only Emperor) by his fans.
eD4J TIL that after filming Zulu director Cy Endfield could not pay the Zulu extras because of South Africa’s apartheid laws, he circumvented this by leaving all the animals they used including Cattle, a gift more valuable than money to the Zulus.