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TIL Pope Francis has only one lung.

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kOJd4 In a roundabout way, yes. But first we must heat that atmosphere, since the surface of Mars is about –58°F. “We know how to warm planets; we’re doing it right now,” says Robert Zubrin, the president of the nonprofit Mars Society, a group devoted to Martian exploration.
BgZmW TIL in 2009 Burger King ran the "Whopper sacrifice" campaign, which gave a free whopper to anyone who deleted 10 friends on Facebook. Facebook suspended the program because Burger King was alerting people letting them know they'd been dropped for a sandwich
K7aa TIL Disneyland’s opening day was considered a disaster, with roughly half of the 28,000 attendees having counterfeit tickets and many people simply jumping the fence.
mOXY TIL that in Switzerland if you fail your practical drivers license test 3 times you are required to consult a official psychologist to asses the reasons for your previous failures before you are allowed to retake the exam.
RdAQ TIL of Albert Battel, a German officer serving in the Wehrmacht during WWII, who commanded his whole unit to protect Jews and threatened the SS to kill them if they crossed a bridge into a Jewish ghetto to round them up.