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TIL that the sense of relief and pleasure after defecating has been scientifically studied, and has an official name: Poo-phoria

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R5bN1 TIL the Splitfin Flashlight Fish have organs near their eyes that contain bioluminescent bacteria that emit light.
R700w TIL that the wood of Lignum Vitae is so hard and dense that the bearings of the drive shaft for the the nuclear powered USS Nautilus are made from it.
D1jPe TIL that after the Panic of 1837, Richard Mentor Johnson, the incumbent Vice President, returned to his home state in Kentucky and opened a tavern and spa on his farm to offset his continued financial struggles.
QJbvM TIL that apparently The Breakfast Roll is not a thing outside Ireland?!
v1O6K TIL that the US Food & Drug Administration keeps extending the deadline for the biggest food chains to comply with nearly decade-old federal calorie disclosure laws