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TIL Pope John Paul II entered and prayed in a mosque, and even kissed the Qur'an, in an effort to improve religious relations with Islam.

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R7MJw TIL the chocolate milk was invented by Irishman Hans Sloane in the 1680s when he was in Jamaica. He found the locals' mix of chocolate and water nauseating and used milk instead. He then brought chocolate milk to Europe where it was sold as medicine.
yW88 TIL that a doctor attempted to use drugs to keep James Madison alive so he could die on the 4th of July, just like John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe.
QJ88e TIL that dentists & dental hygienists can tell if you’ve given a blowjob relatively recently, because it causes unique soft palate damage
wNKW TIL that there is no “garbage island” made up of floating plastic in the ocean. While there are particles of micro plastic, the island(s) as such is an urban myth.
p80D4 TIL A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3–4-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. Information declassified in 2013 showed that one of the bombs came very close to detonating and was never recovered.