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TIL that Pope Benedict XVI enjoyed flying helicopters, had a helicopter’s pilot’s license, but he did not have a driver’s license.

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0w5EN TIL IKEA has complete ownership over their supply chain of products, even growing theor own wood (forest ownership), and uses approximately 1 percent of all lumber usage globally.
neeBo TIL In a study of nuns (so that living conditions, histories and environmental factors were “controlled” by their life choice), it was found that those who had demonstrated high optimism in early autobiographies lived on average 10 years longer than the more pessimistic ones.
YpXYB TIL In 1970, the agency running the new public television network in Mississippi initially voted to not show Sesame Street on the basis of the show being racially integrated. Public pressure when this was leaked forced them to reverse the decision.
KO8pR TIL that roughly 2200 people are bitten by Black Widow spiders in the US each year. Zero of these recorded bites in the last century have resulted in fatalities.
l7Vdr TIL of GRB 080319B - in a brief period in 2008, it became the furthest object ever visible to the naked eye from Earth at a distance of 7.5 billion light years. For reference, the furthest star visible to the naked eye is only 16,000 light years away