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TIL that peeing in the shower saves Americans half a gallon done correctly. It also saves toilet paper.

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xJ47 TIL: A judge sentenced convicted murderer William Hammons to life in prison without the possibility of parole, with one additional term: he must spend every anniversary of his victim’s death in solitary confinement.
Wk5R4 TIL the first recorded mention of trawling was from a petition to stop its use as a fishing method to King Edward III in the 14th century. The petitioner raised concerns about its effect on the environment.
BJ4x TIL Jesse Jackson, Jr. and his wife were sentenced to jail for using $750,000 in campaign money for over 3000 personal purchases that included a Michael Jackson fedora and cashmere capes.
bwK4 TIL that we still do not know how to define death. These “beating heart corpses” can urinate; their bodies rumble, their wounds heal; they can blush and sweat, & can even have babies. Yet, clinically, they are dead. One method to determine death has won a Nobel prize
4Xa15 TIL about Adam Rainer, the only person known to have both dwarfism and gigantism. At 19 years old he was 4 feet 8 inches tall, by the time he was in his 30's he was 7 feet tall.