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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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ZXyp TIL that the color of our Sun is white, its our atmosphere that makes it look yellow.
KOJvE TIL The first proper banks would have sprung up in ancient Mesopotamia. There's evidence that there were temples and palaces throughout Babylonia and other cities which provided lending activities. Although, a lot of this was not in the form of financial lending. Instead, banks would lend out seeds.
RxQQ TIL a group of firefighters buried themselves to survive a dangerous wildfire, then adopted a black bear cub who also survived and making him the real “Smokey the Bear.”
j6rKv TIL A Lambretta Amphi-Scooter was developed in the mid-1960s and shown in a Pathé newsreel crossing the Thames. It consisted of a 1964 Lambretta J125 scooter with hinged fiberglass pontoons, paddle mechanism and a front rudder.
BaBd TIL the oldest know adhesive, dated back to 200,000 BC, is from cave man semen