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TIL that Pope Francis and Pope John Paul the Second are honorary members of the Harlem Globetrotters

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1rld TIL that it’s possible to willfully contract your pupil; Moken children learn to do it to better see underwater.
JoRk TIL Disney’s Aladdin on the Sega Genesis is the 3rd best selling Genesis game after Sonic 1 and 2
akEy TIL that Shaq was an early investor in Google.
J1NNv TIL about Ötzi the Iceman, a remarkably well-preserved natural mummy from around 3300 BCE found in the Alps. Discovered in 1991, Ötzi is from Copper Age and had tattoos carried a copper axe, last meal was deer and grains. And still has relatives in Europe!
woyxP TIL French sailor Narcisse Pelletier was abandoned in 1858 at the age of 14 on the Cape York Peninsula, in Australia. He was discovered and rescued by an Aboriginal family who adopted him and named him Amglo, for the next 17 years, until he was found by the crew of the John Bell in 1875.