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TIL humans are unable to burp in zero gravity environments.

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YQlG TIL a man independently carved a 360 ft long pathway through a mountain to help shorten a route to/from his impoverished town. After 22 years and much abuse, it was completed and cut 35km off of a commonly traveled route.
MeVX0 TIL that Apatheism is the belief that if a god exists, or not, it does not matter, because the effect is the same. Therefore there is no point engaging in worship or even positing the question of existence of the god at all.
loNor TIL: "Cloudbusting" was a term coined by psychoanalyst wilhelm reich to describe manipulation of "orgone energy" to change the weather, through a specially designed machine. The term was later used as the subject and title of Katie Bush's single 1985 single, Cloudbusting.
rRp61 TIL of the Call of the Void, which is a sudden impulse to jump off high places, swerve your car into oncoming traffic, or cut yourself while holding a sharp object. It’s a common phenomenon, with one study concluded that it is likely related to the wiring of your brain.
v9p4 TIL Robert Trujillo, bass guitarist for Metallica, helped Jaco Pastorius family to recover his stolen original Bass Of Doom Fender Jazz Bass