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TIL of defecation syncope, which is when a person poops so hard they pass out.

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P1Njw TIL the first person to circumnavigate the earth may have been Enrique of Malacca, a slave of Magellan who started his journey in Malaysia.
NXdAJ TIL of the discovery of chemotherapy. During WWII it was discovered that mustard gas reduced white blood cell counts. In the 1940s, two pharmacologists examined the effects of mustard gas in treating lymphoma in mice. They then treated a patient with nonHodgkin's lymphoma with the chemical agent.
pYGRQ TIL the fictional plane ‘Darkstar’ featured in the opening of Top Gun: Maverick was so realistic on screen that China moved its satellites to monitor it, even though it doesn’t exist.
gjGb TIL Ben Stein does not believe in the scientific theory of evolution and blames it and science as a cause for the holocaust.
rNXeW TIL Of The 1973 Soap Box Derby Scandal. 14-year-old Jimmy Gronen was stripped off his title, after it was discovered that his car had an electromagnet in the nose, which when activated gave him a boost at the starting line.