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TIL the Pope was not officially declared infallible until the 1st Vatican Council in 1870

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QJOke TIL about Otávio Jordão da Silva, a 20 year old Brazilian soccer/football referee who was stoned, beheaded, and quartered by spectators after he stabbed a player who punched him for making a controversial call. His head was put on a stake in the field.
b6n54 TIL in a soccer penalty kick shootout, the team kicking FIRST wins 60% of the time.
Lo9V TIL when the head of The Piratebay, Peter Sunde, was arrested he asked to phone his girlfriend so she could lock the doors of his house before going with the policeman. The policeman said yes. Instead, he pushed a button on an app that immediately encrypted all servers of The Piratebay.
8kmP TIL that (in the US) if someone ships you something by mistake, you can consider it a gift and keep it. Based on federal law you are under no obligation to return it, nor can they attempt to bill you for it.
8eBN8 TIL that Interstate H-3 is the most expensive interstate per mile. It cost over $1.3 billion dollars for only 16.1 miles, totaling to over $80 million dollars spend per mile.