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TIL about Pope Joan, a woman who became pope during the Middle ages by disguising herself as a man. The legend was believed to be true until 17th century.

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JYbdQ TIL that Ivory soap floats because it’s whipped with tiny air bubbles that make it less dense than water. An employee had accidentally left a batch of soap to mix while for too long while he was on lunch break and the rest is history.
MebkA TIL John Franzese was a mob boss who was taped by an informant discussing the ideal method of disposing of a body. He recommended taking 30 minutes to an hour to dismember the body in a kiddie pool, dry the parts in a microwave and finally mulch them in a commercial grade garbage disposal.
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rNna0 TIL the interesting number paradox, which suggests that if we classify natural numbers as "interesting" or "uninteresting," a contradiction arises: the smallest uninteresting number becomes interesting simply by being the smallest in its set. This implies that every natural number is interesting.