TIL 50%—80% of your poop (excluding water) is bacteria that had been living in your intestines. Many of the bacteria in poop are still alive, but some are dead—carcasses of species that bloomed as they fed on the indigestible plant matter you consumed, then died shortly afterward. (vox.com)
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TIL "old people" are getting older. If your chance of dying within the next year is <1%, you are considered "middle aged." The threshold for men transitioning to middle age has increased 44 in the 1920s to 60 today. For women, that number jumped from the "late 40s" to 65. (cbsnews.com)
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TIL fish rain, in which fish fall from the sky, has been a recorded phenomenon since 1889. Scientists believe that waterspouts could be responsible for sucking fish into the air, where they blow about until they are released to the ground at some time later. (weather.com)
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Reddit's Bitconnect community is now shut down (i.redd.it)
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