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TIL: That it is a legal requirement in New York for a property seller to disclose if the property a client is inspecting is believed to be Haunted by Ghosts

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R7ay7 TIL there is a second Pope in Egypt. Currently they are on their 118th pope, Pope Tawadros II.
oBvDK TIL that the hungarian prime minister commited suicide when his country entered WW2 on the axis' side.
ANbOx TIL about the Tunguska Event: In 1908, an 180 foot wide asteroid exploded while entering the Earth's atmosphere in Russia's East Siberian Taiga. It presumably exploded 4 miles above the surface, killing 3 people, and felled 80M trees over an area of 830 sq miles.
QJXOa TIL of Rick Rescorla, who saved all but 6 of his 2700 employees during the 9/11 attacks by directing people down the stairs using a bullhorn and encouraging them by singing Cornish songs.
YpKAd TIL Russia was actually the first country to form a Space Force from 1992 to 1997, and then again from 2001 to 2011.