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TIL: Our poop is brown because of 3 things- bilirubin, bile and the colour of the foods we eat.

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ADdQx TIL about Jára "The Master" Cimrman, a noted playwright, educator, inventor, and philosopher. Cimrman was voted "The Greatest Czech" in a national contest until he was disqualified for being fictional. Created on a radio show in 1966 to criticize the Communist government, he's become a folk hero.
wdrP TIL Xu QinXian, the commander of China’s most elite army in 1989, refused to open fire on civilians at Tiananmen, stating: “the People’s Army has never in its history been used to suppress the people, I absolutely refuse to besmirch this historical record!” He was court martialled but not executed.
dDWwd TIL that despite the fact that 75% of the world's tornadoes happen in the US, the deadliest Tornadoes happen in Bangladesh. Of the 43 recorded Tornadoes with at least 100 people killed, 20 of them happened in what is now Bangladesh, compared to 15 in the US.
gMod7 TIL of Léo Major. A Canadian soldier who single handedly captured 93 German soldiers and liberated the city of Zwolle, broke his back, went AWOA from hospital, rejoined his troops and then captured another 100 Germans and re-iberated the city of Zwolle again, by himself.
nWGJY TIL that Led Zeppelin was scheduled to play an outdoor show in Singapore on February 14, 1972 but were not allowed into the country, they were even refused permission to get off their plane because they refused to have their long hair cut due to Singapore's law.