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TIL Mortal Kombat character Noob Saibot is named after the franchises' creators Ed Boon and John Tobias but spelt backwards

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YbWA TIL when his teammate died on the pitch due to cardiac arrest, Italian footballer Antonio Di Natale took financial responsibility of his disabled sister as his teammate was her only living relative left.
oBnnL TIL that the Mayflower Pub in London is the only Pub licensed to sell US stamps due to it’s historical connection to the original Mayflower ship that carried the Pilgrim Fathers.
VEpD TIL that a Pakistani soldier and a Malaysian soldier also died (along with the 18 Americans) trying to rescue the crashed American helicopter crews in Mogadishu during “Black Hawk Down”.
VBd7Z TIL The President of France appoints the Archbishop of Stroudsburg and the Bishop of Metz. This is due to the fact that despite France being a secular nation, Roman Catholicism is still supported by French law and publicly subsidized in the region of Alsace-Moselle.
P1bLJ TIL a man was convicted of murder in 2011 based on his tattoo which accurately depicted the murder scene, including bullet trajectory.