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dDpK9 TIL John Paul I was Pope for just 33 days prior to his death and is the most recent Italian born pope
m1NER TIL of the longest tail-back in history — cars moved at 2 miles per day
5YB08 TIL that the females of most bird species only have one functioning ovary (the left one). The right one exists, but does not develop fully and is non-functional. This is probably an adaptation to reduce body weight for flight.
4kkno TIL Fish eating spiders exist on every continent bar Antartica and can grow to have a leg length of up to 9cm long
D1vav TIL In LOTR from Bag End to Mt Doom, Frodo travels approximately 1,800 miles in 185 days. That’s an eminently achievable average of 9.73 miles each day. In the Hobbit, Bilbo, on the other hand, travels a total of 950 miles in 172 days — an average of just 5.52 miles per day.