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TIL, there are catholic writings going back over 100 years, where they freely admit that the RCC had no biblical authority to change the sabbath from saturday to sunday.

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x6yrg TIL that birds have mostly hollow bones, because their lungs extend into the cavities in order to have enough oxygen for flight. This is contrary to the popular belief that they are hollow to be lighter, when in fact, bird bones are denser than similarly sized mammals.
NXwr1 TIL that Chanel No.5 perfume came by its name after Coco Chanel was presented with 10 samples from Earnest Beaux, perfumer to the Russian royal family . They numbered 1 to 5 and 20 to 24. She picked number 5 which came closest to the smell of soap and freshly scrubbed skin.
xXK7 TIL on December 1, 1948, a dead man bearing no identification was found on an Australian beach. Well dressed in clothes with deliberately torn-out labels, in excellent physical condition, and having left behind a rare book containing a bizarre code, the man remains unidentified to this day.
LZMV TIL a US army major was discharged for asking if nuclear launch could legally be ordered by an insane president. Legal scholars have since concluded that it can.
yXo8 TIL in 1953 a newspaper boy was paid with a coin which he found to be hollow and contain a coded message. He gave it to authorities but the code could not be deciphered. Years later, a Russian spy in the U.S. defected and during his interrogation was shown the coin and code. The message was for him.