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TIL of Serial Arsonist John Leonard Orr - who was also a former fighter and arson investigator who started over 2000 fires over 30 years in California leading to multiple deaths.

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OoP6L TIL the US delivered $12 billion in shrink-wrapped $100 bills to Iraq, then "misplaced" it all
dO8r TIL that according to legend, a female pope named Pope Joan reigned for a few years during the middle ages, disguised as a man. After she was caught, potential popes has to sit on a chair with a hole on the seat, and a cardinal would reach through it to check to make sure the new pope had testicles.
pME4 TIL 42 year old New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon used stem cells to regenerate broken tissue in his throwing arm. He is the oldest pitcher in the MLB.
dD6kj TIL that 46% of the world population has an indo-european language as first language.
6EAQm TIL Crocodiles are the ultimate survivors. Having arisen some 200 million years ago, they have outlived the dinosaurs by some 65 million years. Even humans, the most fearsome predators ever to stalk the Earth, have failed to force into extinction any of the 23 species of crocodilians.