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TIL Holding in a fart can make it leak out of your mouth when exhaling

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jNdwX TIL that sunflowers can clean up radioactive waste. Certain radioactive isotopes are similar to the nutrients sunflowers normally need, so as they grow, they take up radiation out of the soil.
WjOL TIL Scientists have developed a food replacement that metabolizes into solubles which are then excreted through sweat: eliminating the need to poop entirely!
9Qgr TIL Scientists support the idea of giving dolphins basic human rights
Zp0Lo TIL that the B-2 bomber includes an upward facing light sensor, which alerts the pilot to increase or reduce altitude to match the underside paint job to the changing illuminance of the sky to also make it visually stealthy.
ZpGYp TIL chemist Sherwood Rowland won the Nobel Prize for discovering that CFCs damage the ozone, which shields Earth from UV radiation. His work led to the Montreal Protocol, a global treaty to phase out CFCs, helping heal the ozone.