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TIL On Luther's first visit to Rome as a monk he witnessed pedophilia in the church, saying "I am not lying...they decided that a cardinal should not keep as many boys...Pope Leo commanded that this be deleted" Depressed and angry, he nailed his 95 theses 6 years later.

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1aZgV TIL that John Wilkes Booth timed the deadly shot he fired at Abraham Lincoln with the funniest line from “My American Cousin,” knowing the laughter would drown out the gunshot. That line was “You sockdologizing old man-trap.”
ORKY TIL Iditarod huskies have a ‘Maximal Oxygen Uptake’ (V02 Max) as high as 240 mL/(kg·min) - greater than Thoroughbred horses (180 mL/(kg·min), and nearly three times greater than the highest human V02 max ever recorded (97.5 mL/(kg·min).
gMM6b TIL At the height of the siege of Sarajevo in 1994, Iron Maiden's frontman Bruce Dickinson and his band decided to smuggle themselves into the city and give a concert despite constant shelling and sniper-fire. When their arranged UN heli-transport bailed, they hitched a hike in the back of a truck.
6E9dW TIL that the Deputy Commanding General of the US Army's 82nd Airborne is a British Paratrooper
jNQGp TIL Learie Constantine, a Trinidadian Cricketer, Lawyer and Politician, who served as Trinidad's High Commissioner to the UK and was the UK's first Black Peer, successfully sued a Hotel Company in London in 1943, which had earlier denied him and his family accommodations based on their race