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TIL Gandhi was obsessed with poop and enemas. He addressed his live-in maids everyday with the sentence “Have you had a good bowel movement this morning, sisters?”

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dQWZ TIL that the, “No Child Left Behind Act” requires high schools to give out personal information to military recruiters.
9eV7 TIL The Half Way to Hell Club was an exclusive club organized by the men who fell from the Golden Gate Bridge during its construction in 1936 and 1937 and were saved by the safety nets.
OoJA6 TIL in 1960, an Australian father won nearly $3 million (adjusted AU$) in the lottery, with his picture getting plastered all over the news. Shortly after, his 8-year-old son was kidnapped for ransom and eventually murdered. This changed anonymity laws for lottery winners in Australia forever.
ADpgd TIL the philosopher Plato's true name may not have been Plato. It's argued his real name was Aristocles, after his grandfather. Some believe Plato's wrestling coach called him "Platon" meaning "broad" as a nickname. This then became Plato.
GJpJ TIL that the producers of The Jungle Book film originally considered Louis Armstrong for the voice of King Louie, but were worried that choosing a black actor to voice an ape would cause controversy.