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TIL Pope Benedict XVI was part of the Hitler Youth

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m11KE TIL Peter Cooper, the man who created the first American steam-powered locomotive, the Tom Thumb, later invented and patented a powdered gelatin process, which later became known as Jell-O.
v1Ll7 TIL The calcium in out bones and the iron in our blood come from ancient explosions of giant stars.
QJbnX TIL Most dinosaurs are discovered from a single tooth or bone. Complete skeletons are extremely rare, and although there are a few T.Rex skeletons that are nearly complete, humans have never collected or seen a complete T.Rex skeleton.
wLEOJ TIL that it is illegal to buy or sell sex toys in Alabama, and has been since 1998.
j6J4E TIL in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, a local style of accordion folk music known as Famo has sprung a fierce bloody gang war which has contributed to its high homicide rate. Little-known to the outside world, scores of musicians and hundreds of DJs, fans, family members etc. have been slain.