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TIL when you flush the toilet a plume of fecal matter covers the air and everything around including the walls, shower, toothbrush, towels and the best way to prevent the toilet plume is to close the lid every flush

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gGl9 TIL of a study measuring whether the tiredness/hunger of a judge affected the prospects of getting parole. At the beginning of a session, a prisoner had a 65% chance of being parolled, the authors found. This declined to almost zero by the end of a session, and leaped back to 65% after a break.
yrgw TIL that in 1977 a Caucasian woman found out she was designated in her birth certificate to be “Colored” in the state of Louisiana because her great-great-great-great grandmother was an enslaved African woman; she had 3/32 Negro blood in her and State Law declared anyone with 1/32 Negro blood, Negro
5YNk TIL In 1988, a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner while in their waters. A total of 290 Iranians died, including 66 children. The U.S. paid $61.8m in reparations, but never apologized. VP Bush later stated, I’ll never apologize for the U.S. Ever. I don’t care what the facts are.
lWN7 TIL you cannot be arrested for public intoxication in Las Vegas. Nevada state law expressly prohibits any county, city, or town from making public drunkenness an offense or crime.
PjaG TIL that the founders of Adidas and Puma are brothers, and were Nazis