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TIL that it's possible to ignite methane in the colon during a colonoscopy... Intracolonic explosion

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j6MDQ TIL that footage from the video game Arma 3, a military sandbox game, has been mistaken for actual combat footage and has been used in news reports a number of times due to the realistic nature of the game.
1axn7 TIL the lead singer on this Stealers Wheel track was Gerry Rafferty, he of Baker Street and One More Down The Line fame. Mind blown.
M0y8 TIL former Telstra CEO Solomon Trujillo, of Hispanic descent, told the BBC that he found Australia to be racist, backward and like “stepping back in time”. The Prime Minister’s response was “adios”
1axQr TIL that the CIA tried to murder the Former Prime Minister of Cuba with a poisoned milkshake because he loved dairy products like ice cream.
grEdy TIL learned that Lord Byron's daughter Ada was the first true computer programmer.