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TIL that whales have earwax and it's used to determine a whale's age.

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yODX TIL in a scene in the sitcom Three’s Company, John Ritter’s scrotum falls out of his shorts. Nickelodeon deleted the scene for reruns. In response, Ritter said: “I’ve requested that (Nickelodeon) air both versions, edited and unedited, because sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you don’t.”
ep0Wg TIL that the normal range of volumes of flatus varies hugely from 476mL to 1,491 mL every 24 hours. The number of flatus episodes per day is variable; the normal range is given as 8 to 20 per day. The volume of flatus associated with each flatulence event again varies from 5mL to 375 mL
WkRYA TIL despite being presented as spontaneous antisemitism, the bar audience who sang along to Borat's "Throw the Jew Down the Well" was aware it was a comedy show; it was part of a 2 hour show with other jokes about throwing people down wells. The bar itself was partially owned by Jewish people.
N7xr8 TIL that humans and bananas share about 50% of the same DNA.
ne80r TIL Jupiter is no longer considered to be the planet with the most moons. With a recent find of 20 additional moons, Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 82 moons, compared to Jupiters measly 79.