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TIL Pope Benedict IX was Pope three times, sold the papacy, was the first resignation, and had homosexual orgies in the Lateran palace

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mJNP TIL that over the last several years, pig farms have started exploding in the US Midwest, and scientists still aren’t exactly sure why it is happening.
BgKlx TIL that before Roger Bannister ran a mile in 1954 in 3 minutes and 59 seconds, it was believed that running a mile in under 4 minutes was impossible, and would make your heart explode. Thousands of people have done it since then.
EgJAW TIL fewer than one third of women 18-25 know that alcohol increases risk of breast cancer
xN9D TIL: A teen girl killed herself in prison while guards watched for 45 minutes, claiming they were ordered not to intervene. The girl had originally been arrested years earlier for shoplifting, and had severe mental illness.
78rJp TIL a grandmother who donated her body to science ended up being used in blast test for the US Army.