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TIL that urine comes from your blood, not directly from your digestive system.

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GYxDQ TIL about the Werther-Effect, the emulation of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide. Due to this, in Australia it's illegal for media to report suicide as a reason a person has passed.
9Y9xG TIL Egyptian lawyers were banned from Roman courts during the time Rome ruled over Egypt. This is because they mocked Roman judges and their decisions. Some even made up jokes and songs to defend political prisoners.
wMMY TIL That a member of the United States military can be court martialed for using “indecent language” under UCMJ Article 134. It’s not commonly used, but still on the books.
Eg0kX TIL: in 1974 there was a Four-Year War between two communities of chimpanzees called the Gombe Chimpanzee War
j6ZJR TIL Wolfgang Mozart had a sister, Maria Anna, who was also an extremely talented child prodigy in music. Sadly, she was prevented from performing as an adult. Many of her compositions have been lost, including one Wolfgang wrote that he was in ‘awe’ of, contributing to her obscurity.