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TIL of the kappa, a water imp in Japanese folklore famous for sneaking up peoples intestines through the anus in order to steal their livers and shirikodama, an organ believed to plug the anus; however, you can repel a kappa by farting at them.

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lr77 TIL that Judge Douglas Ginsburg was nominated for the Supreme Court in 1988. He had to withdraw his nomination because it was revealed that he smoked pot when he was in college 18 years earlier.
YpRkG TIL while trying to create a pig in Minecraft, Markus Persson accidentally switched the length and height in code and ended up with the monstrosity now known as a creeper.
vPBEK TIL, the original “Night Of The Living Dead” from 1968, has been in the public domain since its release, due to an editing error in the credits. Because of this, hundreds of VHS/DVD versions of the film exist. Anybody can package and sell it. It’s also commonly in the background of other movies
epk5L TIL that you can bring pizza on a flight as carry or checked item
6EMX TIL that Bill Gates intends to leave less than $10M for each if his three children “so they can make their own way” and that the family mostly drives a minivan when all going somewhere