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TIL Bismuth subgallate is a OTC formula that can reduce or remove the smell flatulence and feces.

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14nO TIL that since 1980 about 40% of the top honours in men’s long distance international athletics have gone to Kenyans from a single tribe, the Kalenjin.
NYR6 TIL a Sheffield, UK based company wants to replace the water in your washing machine with thousands of tiny polymer beads to save on water and energy.
6Ej0m TIL there used to be a seventh position in ice hockey called the rover who would contribute to both defense and offense as needed.
95dB TIL there have been an estimated 638 attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro by the United States, including poisoned cigars, infected scuba equipment, a pen rigged with a hypodermic needle containing poison, etc. He stated “if surviving assassination attempts was an Olympic event, I’d win gold”
kOlV5 TIL lightning fertilizes plants. When lightning strikes, it rips nitrogen bonds in the atmosphere and the rains carry them into soil.