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TIL one criteria to become a Catholic Church Saint, you must have performed atleast 1 miracle in your lifetime

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4knZ5 TIL Following divine visions, Saint Galgano of Siena imbedded his sword into stone in 1180, in a renunciation of war and material possessions. The sword is still there today, in the Monastery of San Galgano in Tuscany. It's believed that this story influenced the Excalibur legend in Britain.
W7MG9 TIL I learned that my sext images via WhatsApp automatically save to my photo library while showing vacation pics to Grandma
QjB6 TIL in the mid 19th century, Chicago was in desperate need of a sewage system, but instead of digging down to install the sewers, they raised the entire city up 4 feet.
0wDnN TIL glass sponges are thought by many to have the longest life span of any animal on Earth, growing up to 15,000 years old.
PYoeZ TIL of King Alexander of Greece who died after being bitten by a monkey that had attacked his German shepherd. This significantly impacted Balkan history and Winston Churchill later wrote, "it is perhaps no exaggeration to remark that a quarter of a million persons died of this monkey's bite."