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TIL our new, humble Pope chose a five year old Ford Focus as his Popemobile.

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xoO1 TIL that with only one exception, the United States Coast Guard does not award the Medal of Honor because it is their belief that nothing is “above and beyond the call of duty”.
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Y7yGr TIL that, on being rejected by the only woman he ever proposed to, Lord William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness, took a vow of celibacy, allowing his noble titles to go extinct upon his death in 1995.
WkaM9 TIL: Puddle Of Mudd's cover of About A Girl was not a joke, as a response to critics Wes Scantlin states “Toxic People Are a Waste of Time”.
KQXw TIL- that ‘noise’ you hear when you yawn or close your eyes tightly is produced by the Tensor Tympani muscle; only a small percentage of people can vibrate it at will