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TIL that Pope Valentine (827AD) became Pope of the Roman Catholic Church before he had even been ordained as a priest.

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4knXw TIL that in 2014 a comet passed extremely close to Mars, nearly equal to 1/3 the Earth-Moon distance. It even heated up Mars upper atmosphere and measurably slowed the orbits of several Mars orbiters.
9w6xB TIL about Ailanthus altissima, also known as the Tree of Heaven or infamously known as the Tree from Hell, is an invasive and noxious weed/tree that can clone itself indefinitely. It spreads by profuse seeds, as well as suckering, forming dense colonies that choke out native plants.
eKVE TIL Buzz Aldrin’s (second person to walk the moon) mother’s maiden name is “Moon.”
0MR1 TIL that during the Manhattan Project, the emergency nuclear reactor shutdown (SCRAM) mechanism was simply a man with an axe.
8pN4 TIL when Hunter S. Thompson died, his ashes were shot out of a cannon by Johnny Depp to the tune of “Mr. Tambourine Man” by Bob Dylan