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TIL that we have taste receptors in our hearts

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6EVKm TIL that a dead pope once got put on trial in the year 897. They dug up Pope Formosus, propped his corpse up on a throne and they actually asked the fucker questions and a Deacon answered on behalf of him. And they found him guilty of perjury.
GBWj TIL it’s possible to become the president of the United States with only 22% of the popular vote
R5VNw TIL Viagra was originally designed for heart problems until trials found that men who took it were getting more erections.
MenVK TIL The spike on the German Pickelhaube helmet was supposed to function as a blade tip, designed to deflect sword blows aimed at the head. The Pickelhaube offered almost no protection from bullets & shrapnel to German soldiers during WWI.
N7nEM TIL: Jupiter contains more than twice the amount of material of all other objects in the solar system combined.