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TIL there is no mechanism to remove a Pope by force.

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69Xdw TIL King Alfred was the only English king to be named “the Great” for fighting off viking invasions and introducing social reforms, and he did it all while suffering from Crohn's Disease ·
dDyAE TIL Academy Award winning actor Jack Palance was Ukranian. His birth name was Volodymyr Ivanovich Palahniuk.
7r5YL TIL that the most successful hunter in the animal kingdom is the dragon fly which catches 95% of the prey it pursues (compared to owls, hawks, and falcons 25% success rate). This is due to an impressive suite of evolved adaptations that have remained largely unchanged since the Permian age.
W7wBN TIL of The Mynah Birds, a Canadian band from 1964 to 1967, which at one time featured Rick James and Neil Young playing together
v1MNj TIL about slip coaches, which was part of the British rail service that offered passengers rides to smaller, less serviced stations. It would work by allowing the slip coach to detach from the train while it was moving at speed and would then drift into the station to allow passengers to disembark.