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Today I Learned Maya Rudolph of SNL is in a Prince cover band called Princess

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N7l8Q TIL: John Paul II (pope from 1978-2005) was the first non-Italian to be elected to the papacy since Adrian VI (1522-1523, and the only pope to have been born in the Netherlands.) Neither of John Paul II's succesors has been Italian.
awdmN TIL: Patch Adams only agreed to the 1999 film of his namesake because they promised to help build his hospital. None of the profits from the film was ever given to his foundation, and the film was heavily criticised by Patch Adams himself, saying: "I hate that movie."
ADRpd TIL Electronic Arts needed an intense audit to realize that FIFA versions prior to FIFA 14 had incorrect drag coefficient of the ball, which led to unrealistic behavior of the ball.
6pvY TIL that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was initially called “Operation Iraqi Liberation”, but was quickly changed to “Operation Iraqi Freedom” due to the acronym spelling out “OIL”.
J1Jxk TIL A woman was killed by an alligator after accidentally falling in the pond while gardening