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TIL Vatican officials are changing the way they think about same sex couples. They are telling the Catholic Church to “welcome gays”

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l7M5N TIL Although situated in Basel, Switzerland, the Basel Badischer Train Station is actually an enclave of the European Customs Union of Germany. This means the station operates as if in Germany, due to a treaty between Switzerland and Baden (Germany) dating back to 1852!
5dr TIL Statistically speaking, 600,000 other people are pressing the space bar at the exact same time you are
5VxxR TIL To get a car stuck in sand out, dont dig the sand, pour about a litre of water around stuck tires, wait a minute and the wet sand will add enough traction to get out with ease. No pushing or digging and very little effort. Extremely helpful at the beach or desert
neO8P TIL that Peter Pan, Treasure Island, and Lord of the Flies were all inspired by the same book, The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne
R5pw8 TIL that Yakov Novichenko was a Soviet officer who saved Kim Il Sung from an assassination attempt in 1946 and thus became the only non-Korean to develop a cult of personality in North Korea.