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TIL That if you hold in a fart from escaping some of the gas can pass through your gut wall and be reabsorbed into your bloodstream. From there, it can end up being exhaled through your lungs, coming out of your mouth via exhaling.

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LQ5X9 TIL that the Catholic Church in USA and Europe outsources its Mass Intention requests to India
b64G7 TIL about several attempts to create a human and chimpanzee hybrid
GAA9J TIL Hippos will aggressively spray poop at the mere sound of strange hippos voice
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