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TIL that when Pope John Paul II visited Phoenix, he held mass at Sun Devil Stadium, which had all images and textual mentions of the Sun Devil mascot and nickname removed or covered for the occasion.

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ADJZw TIL scientists attached stilts to the legs of ants to prove that they return to their nests by counting their steps. The regular ants walked right to the nest and went inside. The ants on stilts walked right past the nest and got lost. This was because of the change in length of the legs.
9Y9m TIL that we have Bill Clinton to thank for our GPS navigation systems in phones, cars etc.
0dd8p TIL thanks to the "critical flicker fusion test" time may pass more slowly for your dog. leaving them alone for 6 hours feels like 9 hours to them.
EBDV TIL Vincent Li, a man who randomly stabbed beheaded and cannibalized a 22yr old passenger who was sitting on the bus next to him, was released last year.
m1kGo TIL a baseball stadium organ player was ejected from a game after playing "3 Blind Mice" in response to what he thought was a bad call by the umpire