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Today I learned that the worst elevator accident occurred when a locomotive fell down a mineshaft and landed on an elevator

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69bVZ TIL that a purported 12th century prophecy claims to list all future Catholic popes until the end of the world; the current pope would be the last one on the list. Historians believe it is a 16th century forgery: the list appeared in 1595 and better describes pre-1590 popes than subsequent ones.
EaAW TIL Americans use an average of 433 million miles of toilet paper each year, enough to stretch to the sun and back
GArg TIL that taco bell’s meat has added fiber because of all the wood pulp in it.
oRejr TIL in 1977, Ali Maow Maalin was the last person known to have been infected with naturally occurring Variola minor small pox. He fully recovered and later became one of the 10,000 volunteers who participated in the effort to help eradicate polio in Somalia. Ali died in 2013 from malaria.
Oo5Ve TIL That spiral "Feather Death Crowns" can form in the pillows of the ill or dying, likely caused by fever sweat and thrashing. In Appalachia these "crowns" were commonly saved for posterity.