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TIL that the Pope of the Coptic [Egyptian] Orthodox Church is chosen from the final 3 candidates by a blindfolded child drawing a name from a chalice

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4XeoN TIL that a sewer worker accidentally discovered a drain that would lead right to the bank of England's gold vault. He then requested to meet the directors at any time of their choosing inside the vault, and appeared out of the floorboards at the specified time.
GYQ6N TIL that meowing isnt a natural part of cat language. It is developed almost exclusively to communicate with humans.
5VgeB TIL that with over 820 languages, Papua New Guinea holds 12% of all of the world's languages.
jNGJR TIL about the "Herbivore Men" of Japan, men who have basically given up on marriage and love. They often can’t afford it, and they don’t want to work to death to raise a family, instead they have hobbies or anime or the internet to fill up their time.
R55yl TIL Claire Chennault, leader of the Flying Tigers and eventual 14th Air Force Commander, built a brothel. "His men were going to visit brothels, regardless of what the rules said," and it was "better to have his "boys" visit a brothel that was regularly inspected to reduce venereal diseases."