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TIL that six doctors devised an experiment where they each swallow a Lego head as a means to determine the typical transit time of a commonly swallowed object. They then presented their findings with a 'Found and Retrieved Time' aka 'FART' score. The FART score averaged 1.71 days

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R5bOl TIL that human beings share around 20 percent of their genes with a banana. These genes' functions are most likely basic housekeeping proteins involved in metabolic processes that are necessary for most, if not all, eukaryotic life (who have cells with a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles).
DyVD TIL that in 2008, Italy spent $65,000,000 to bail out the Parmesan cheese industry
5YY4p Either way, both are gross.
VMxkB TIL that according to the terms of his parole, John Hinckley Jr., the would-be assassin of Ronald Reagan, is prohibited from owning any firearms, ammunition, other weapons, or memorabilia of Jodie Foster because of his obsession with the actress.
15PV TIL: John Adams defended the Redcoats Involved in the Boston Massacre despite the inclinations of the mob: famously saying, “Prisoners must be judged solely based upon the evidence produced against them in court and nothing else”