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TIL that if you factor in money made off of merchadising, “Cars” would be the highest grossing movie ever.

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J1PZj TIL Jonathon Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels, published a book in 1722 called Benefit of Farting Explained. It included different types of farts like “the sonorous and full-toned or rousing fart,” “the double fart,” “the soft fizzing fart,” “the wet fart” and “the sullen wind-bound fart.”
kJ475 TIL the term "semi" as in semi-trailer bears the name from the trailers ability to support itself. A trailer can fully support itself whereas a semi-trailer has no front axle, requiring support from the tractor portion to remain stable.
4XbEN TIL the "thog don't caare" meme was actually a reference to a comic
mxr4R TIL I learned about Mellified man. The donor would only eat honey, going as far as to bathe in the substance. Shortly, his feces (and even his sweat, according to legend) would consist of honey. When this diet finally proved fatal, the donor's body would be placed in a stone coffin filled with honey
Koow TIL Justin Berfield, best known for playing Reese in “Malcolm In The Middle”, has won every acting award he has ever been nominated for (9).