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TIL Galileo's middle finger is on display in Florence

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4k8bX TIL of Dr. Atlas Fredonyer, a Swiss Doctor who was convicted of incest and pardoned by California Governor Leland Stanford and died after surgery to remove a 16-ounce bottle lost inside his rectum after an attempt to alleviate a severe case of diarrhea. Fredonyer Pass, California is named after him.
xVoZ7 TIL that in 2013, after more than 20 years of soda being America's number one beverage, water has taken over as Americans' favorite drink.
xV0r7 TIL Interesting Facts About The World's Oldest Intact Ship
9w1VQ TIL that in Galway, Ireland, a historical marker commemorates the place where, in 1753, Liam O’Malley was bitten and turned into a vampire. The plaque goes on to explain that O’Malley, later known as Angel, “found fame in the 1997 hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
NMJE TIL Muhammad Ali gave his first Olympic medal to a high school teacher who previously said “ you ain’t never gonna be nuthin’”