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TIL thats in the entire history of Hollywood, only 27 people have played God Himself. Including Morgan Freeman, Wil I Am and Whoopy Goldberg

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665Y TIL Pope Innocent VIII was given the blood of 3 young boys while in a coma in an attempt to save his life. All four died.
KYOn9 TIL after he was fired from his job as embassador, tortured and banished to his farm estate, N.Machiavelli would return home at night, change the dirty clothes he wore for field work and put on his ambassador outfit, just to study in his office, alone, due to how much he missed his job
R7Val TIL that there's a hero in the X-Men named ForgetMeNot who's main power is that nobody is able to remember he exists
0w97L TIL of the "Hydraulic Empire" theory. It states that civilizations developing in areas with low abundance of water are fated to develop regulating systems and ultimately despotism, and that Europe developed republicanism due to a large excess of it.
8eam4 TIL that the first nuclear submarine used wooden bearings for its propeller; Lignum Vitae is the hardest traded wood, fourth hardest wood ever discovered, and is "self oiling".