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TIL the habit of sitting on the toilet too long, even if one isn't straining, significantly increases the risk of hemorrhoids

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ORJX TIL When asked about the premise of training drillers to be astronauts instead of vice versa in Armageddon, Michael Bay told Ben Affleck to “Shut the fuck up”
e0np5 TIL that the harder you throw an 18th century Tomahawk, the slower it rotates. Applies to knives too.
5ByD TIL: There really isn’t such a thing as a “logical left brain” or a “creative right brain”. Both sides contribute to the processes.
v17Lj TIL about the feud between Howard Hughes and Frank Sinatra over the affections of Ava Gardner, culminating in Sinatra driving a golf cart through a café window, a resulting fist-fight in which Sinatra lost two teeth, and ultimately led to the Mob's withdrawal from Vegas.
DQXYV TIL of Bird Island, a man-made platform off the coast of Namibia that serves as an avian breeding ground for the globally-isolated Cape Cormorant; as well as a renewable source of Guano (bird shit), which is used in fertilizer for it’s high nitrogen content.