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TIL that there are more slaves globally right now than there ever has been in history - 50 million

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m1Yox TIL that people pass rectal gases in increased quantities at high altitude, known as high-altitude flatus expulsion (HAFE).
5VmbD TIL that Toronto firefighter Danny Flippidis mysteriously disappeared on a skiing trip in New York. Sis days later, he resurfaced 3000 miles away in Sacramento California with no memory of how he got there. He was wearing the same exact gear when he disappeared and with no ID except a credit card.
EZkP TIL there’s a Forbes ranking for the 15 richest FICTIONAL characters - and at #1, it’s Smaug the dragon.
5YNO8 TIL the Apollo 11 crew had to fill out a US customs form after returning from the moon
aRWo TIL that an Ohio judge sentenced a woman to spend 8 hours in the “smelliest, most god-awful place they can find” at a garbage dump, for neglecting her dog. “If you puke, you puke”