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TIL Pope's cannot be an organ ( eyes, kidneys, bone marrow etc.) donor as his body is deemed to sacred to be transferred to ordinary person.

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aw6QZ TIL Jeremy Soule was inspired to write music for TES: Oblivion which reflects the human condition and the beauty of life, after being involved in a car crash which he was lucky to survive.
kOgQg TIL Cats and dogs noses are like human fingerprints - they have a unique pattern of ridges and creases!
yx0v TIL that an engineer at NASA spent fifteen years trying to become an astronaut, being rejected fourteen times before finally being selected in 1998.
NXQ1b TIL that Smart Card and NFC tech (used in tap-to-pay, SIM cards and Chip IDs) were invented in 1967 by a German rocket scientist who worked for both von Braun and Korolev in his career
VB6eG TIL of the "Mondegreen" phenomenon: A mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. It was coined in 1954 when the words "laid him on the green" were misinterpreted as "Lady Mondegreen".