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TIL that gorillas fart almost all the time because their diet consists almost entirely of plant matter which produces large amounts of gas when digested.

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kO7Ae TIL there is an English book on atomic theory that avoids all foreign loan words: elements become "firststuffs", hydrogen is "waterstuff", and the title, Uncleftish Beholding, means Atomic Theory
Y7KNx TIL the call of the paradise riflebird is “yaaaaasssss”.
D1xle TIL That Sir Winston Churchill, at the hight of the Beatlemania, ended his parliamentary career that had begun before the Wright brothers' pioneering flight and had ended in an age when supersonic aircraft could deliver nuclear weapons. (1900-1964)
Z8mG TIL Harrison Ford uses his personal helicopter in search and rescue missions
YWgW TIL NASA stated that the use of nuclear power saved an average of over 1.8 million lives between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution though reduced coal usage.