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TIL That astronaut Frank Borman suffered diarrhea onboard Apollo 8 resulting in faecal matter floating around the spacecraft cabin.

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r70o TIL in 2009 a man was arrested for child pornography in an airport while carrying a dvd of porn star Lupe Fuentes. When she found out, she immediately flew to the courtroom to prove she was over 18.
JYBWv TIL that since Uber was introduced in New York City in 2011, drinking-related car wrecks decreased by 25–35 percent in all boroughs.
E15MX TIL of "cargo cults", originated in early 20th century tribal communities on a number of Pacific islands, whose followers believe that either an American WWII soldier named John Frum, or Prince Philip, are their saviours.
dD7Lr TIL while bat sleeps head down, they still flip around, head up to pee.
neLO9 TIL the heaviest American-produced car is the 1967 Lincoln Continental convertible, weighing 5,712 lb. The oil crisis of the 1970s resulted in the downsizing of American vehicles, and the Continental maintains the record to this day.