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TIL that Vatican City has a national football team. It's not a member of FIFA and the squad consists entirely of employees of the Vatican, such as police officers, postal workers, government officials and members of the Swiss Guard

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M7E9V Til about king Henry ii and his son Henry the young king. Henry Jr led several revolt’s against his father. Despite this they never stop loving each other. When Henry II learn Henry jr had died he said "He cost me much, but I wish he lived to cost me more”.
4Aeo TIL Agent 47’s barcode is a real barcode for a bag to store dildos.
bND7 TIL that the continually scolling news headline at the bottom of the screen only became commonplace after 9/11, to allow viewers to catch up on other news unrelated to the attacks
OEaa TIL a 1944 opinion poll that asked what should be done with Japan found that 13% of the U.S. public were in favor of “killing off” all Japanese men, women, and children
xPQB TIL During WW2 a Polish woman risked her life to conceal a Jewish man and his wife because the man once let her take some goods from his shop when she didn’t have enough money to pay him.