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TIL: Farting in space can be dangerous

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ADx8n TIL: Starbucks lost a case against a Pakistani man who owned a rip off cafe named Sattar Buksh. with a similar logo. Starbucks filed a lawsuit against the cafe owner. Turned out Starbucks lost the case because the owner name was Sattar Buksh and the logo actually included his face.
GYbeJ TIL "Knifers" or Daozi Jiang were responsible for castration of eunuchs in Imperial China who anesthetized participants with hot chili pepper and removed participant's scrotum and penis with a single slash of the knife.
JYO1V TIL that religion was a controversial topic in the 1960 election, with JFK as the first Catholic candidate (still the only Catholic US President to date) against Protestant Nixon, due to the anti-Catholic sentiment at the time.
Z8DbQ TIL that a 'mirror box' can be used to alleviate phantom limb pain. The patient places both their good limb and residual limb into the box and the mirror shows the reflection of the good limb. This allows them to 'move' the phantom limb from painful positions.
697pY TIL that, Dr. Wilhelm Reich claimed orgasms prevented mental illness and he fought droughts and UFOs with giant energy guns. In the 1950s, the government called him a fraud, burned his books, and busted up his lab in Rangeley.