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TIL that the highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

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VBAnk TIL that filmmaker James Cameron has visited the Titanic 33 times, including once when he was trapped for 16 hours due to on-board technical issues
dO8r TIL that according to legend, a female pope named Pope Joan reigned for a few years during the middle ages, disguised as a man. After she was caught, potential popes has to sit on a chair with a hole on the seat, and a cardinal would reach through it to check to make sure the new pope had testicles.
4DgX TIL John Wick was directed by Keanu Reeves’ stunt double in The Matrix trilogy. He also did work on Spider-Man 2, V for Vendetta, Rambo, Spy Kids, and many others. John Wick was also his directorial debut.
54WB [TIL] Despite red and black being the most common colours, there are OVER 4,000 different types of Ladybirds. (ladybugs for the Americans out there) They use their feet to smell things and their blood is orange too.
75E7 TIL the process of seppuku, suicide by disemboweling to preserve honor, eventually became so ritualized that the abdominal cut was not even needed. The samurai merely reached for a fan instead of a knife, and doing so signaled the merciful beheading strike by the samurai’s assistant.