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TIL the pope drinks 4 cans of Fanta per day.

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KXpR TIL A Bond girl (from “For Your Eyes Only”) Caroline Cossey was born a man, Barry Cossey.
Rx89 TIL the musicians aboard the Titanic were legally classified as independent contractors instead of crew members. Because of this, their families received no survivor benefits.
QJXPp TIL the Kenyan Bantu slang term for corrupt politicians is "WaBenzi" (Benz people), due to their association with Mercedes-Benz cars.
OoVdL TIL of Flyting, a contest consisting of the exchange of insults, often conducted in verse, between two parties practiced mainly between the 5th and 16th centuries. It is said flyting has similarities to slam poetry and rap battles of today.
M44V TIL the Indian government has issued cattle ID cards of cows in West Bengal to stop smuggling of cows to Bangladesh. Each cattle ID card has the picture of the animal & the owner with information such as its color,height,sex and length of horns and details-like “one horn missing” or “half tail lost”