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D1ygP TIL farts don’t dissipate easily in space and a particularly smelly astronaut, while in the space shuttle’s middeck, would position his butt next to an air hose that led to the ISS and fire away. He called it “sending emails” to the ISS
L1VZ TIL America has the highest teen pregnancy rates of any nation the developed world. Within America, Mississippi has the highest rates. Every single county in Mississippi has a teen birth rate higher than the national average.
KO5l6 TIL that Elvis Presley suffered from hereditary bowel paralysis and would often soil himself onstage. He also had megacolon and, at his autopsy, was discovered to have been constipated with four months' worth of impacted, clay-like fecal matter.
OoEKL TIL that it's illegal to sleep outside on a refrigerator in Pennsylvania.
neGEP TIL That Joseph Stalin was only 5'4" tall, and he often wore stacked shoes and stood on platforms to make himself appear taller.