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TIL In 2013, 19 living men in the Tyrol region of Austria were determined to be direct descendants of Ötzi the Iceman.

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GQmG TIL Pope Francis was a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub before joining the priesthood.
7Kvr TIL on September 11th, 2001 when the US Airspace was shutdown following the attacks, Canada took in 255 flights bound for the USA making this known as Operation Yellow Ribbon. There were over 30,000 people on all 200 flights. Many Canadians hosted the passengers at home for several days.
j6yWa TIL that the heavily disputed territory of Trieste was divided in 1954 between Italy and Yugoslavia. The city and surrounding area stayed with Italy while 'Zone B' was divided up between Slovenia (giving it coastline) and Croatia within Yugoslavia itself.
vw8L TIL Portugese football star and Real Madrid front man Christiano Ronaldo refuses to get any tattoos on his body just so he can continue on donating blood.
8a9m8 TIL the US National Guard will air drop hay bales to stranded livestock that the farmers can’t get to.