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TIL that the Colonel-In-Chief of the Norwegian Royal Guard is a penguin

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KYNE TIL the CDC issued a report outlining the very real likelihood of an impending untreatable gonorrhea epidemic.
4k0VN TIL about the Cadaver Synod: In 897, Pope Stephen VI held a bizarre trial against the corpse of Pope Formosus, accusing him of crimes like perjury and violating church laws. Formosus' decayed body was dressed in papal robes, propped up, and symbolically 'defended' in court.
R7RyQ People today are living longer, healthier, and happier lives than ever before.
ANvg TIL that nearly every top McDonald’s monopoly prize from 1995-2000 was fraudulently won by a group of insiders
rRbbM TIL A German prisoner-of-war escaped a camp in New Mexico, changed his name and got married to an American woman. He didn't reveal the truth for 40 years