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TIL Women fart

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yQlMX TIL that the British phrase 'blowing smoke up my arse' comes from 1700s London: the banks of the Thames were lined with bellows that were used to perform a 'smoke enema' on drowned londoners in an attempt to save them. It was not effective.
e0OZb TIL all airports are aerodromes, but not all aerodromes are airports.
JYeL4 TIL that a week before the Rosa Parks incident, segregation on interstate buses was struck down after a black Woman Army Corps Private refused to give up her seat to a white Marine.
neNRG TIL doctors are purposely tripping the elderly to make them more fall resistant. The therapy involves hooking them into a harness and having trainers shove/nudge/trip them off balance. The harness keeps them from falling and getting hurt while the exercises help train muscles for better balance.
EgJnd TIL Wolverine's official comic book height stands at 5 foot 3 inches tall