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TIL that in 1997 Pope John Paul II had named St. Isidore of Seville as the patron saint of the Internet, as the seventh-century theologian and encyclopedist who wrote the sole encyclopedia for nearly a millenium around 650 AD.

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KYDd4 TIL that the animated film Shrek was based on a children's picture book made by an 83-year-old cartoonist
DdKp TIL Hens can spontaneously become roosters
loPRN TIL DC Comics once created a superhero whose special power was his ability to detach his own limbs, his name: Arm-Fall-Off-Boy
nWlpo TIL unlike most melons, a watermelon will not continue to ripen after it has been harvested. So the ripeness at the grocery store is how it'll be once cut.
KOPo6 TIL that only 2% of human population have green eyes