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TIL that Tibetan monks must get permission from the Chinese government to reincarnate

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loZA5 TIL In WW2 the Japanese Navy collected blue "sea fireflies" (bioluminescent crustaceans) allowing sailors to read at night and not be seen
dkQQ TIL in 2013, Jeremy Runnells, a 6th generation Mormon, compiled a list of concerns he had about Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and church history. The church never responded to his questions, but his research went viral and has caused many to question and subsequently leave the church.
1aBY4 TIL that between North and South Korea lies 155 miles of no man’s land where hundreds of rare animals species thrive.
R7Krj TIL that in addition to being the Bishop of Rome, and head of the Catholic Churxh, The Pope is also King of Vatican City. Also, that the Vatican is one of only six absolute monarchies in the world.
b9Y67 TIL in a Johns Hopkins Survey, 90 percent of doctors said they'd rather die by cardiac arrest than be resuscitated. Only a quarter of the public feels the same way.