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TIL that the heart of Washington DC in the mid-19th Century was a literal open sewer

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p8VyG TIL that small bluish-gray band on the horizon during sunset is actually the Earth's shadow being cast on the atmosphere.
rNnLe TIL that Norway has a custom of hanging portraits of the king and other members of the royal family in the bathroom
9wnWG TIL About Le Pétomane (Fartomaniac) A Frenchman famous for farting whose act included squirting water from his anus, imitating cannon fire and thunder, and playing the ocarina with his butt. He performed his act for royalty and Sigmund Freud. Upon retiring from farting he opened a biscuit factory
J1VnV TIL China has a 26-storey skyscraper pig farm
ZYZB TIL that the ‘50% of marriages end in divorce’ claim is a myth; the overall rate has never exceeded 41%, has been declining from that high since the 1980s, and the divorce rate for college graduates is probably under 25%