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TIL that Pope John Paul II was apparently a fan of Yoo-Hoo. Vatican spokesmen would request that his planes be stocked with "a couple of cases of that American chocolate drink he likes.”

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OoDyL TIL about the naming of Nintendo's character Kirby. In 1982, Universal sued Nintendo claiming Donkey Kong was illegally based on King Kong. Attorney John Kirby fought won the case for Nintendo and they, in thanks for the help provided, named their (then) next character in honor to him.
64ow TIL that today is the 47th anniversary of Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty - 34 Americans were killed in the attack and another 174 were wounded. The ship, a $40-million dollar state-of-the-art signals intelligence platform was destroyed
N7pMQ TIL about the powers of Queen Elizabeth II, that she can fire the whole Australian government, has her own personal poet, can drive without a license, owns every Dolphin in British waters
KOp9w TIL that lobsters were once only fed to poor people and prisoners
yoWa TIL that the Oceanic and Continental Poles of Inaccessibility are almost identical in distance measurements.