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TIL Boeing built an entire fake town on top of their Seattle area factory during WW2

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dO8r TIL that according to legend, a female pope named Pope Joan reigned for a few years during the middle ages, disguised as a man. After she was caught, potential popes has to sit on a chair with a hole on the seat, and a cardinal would reach through it to check to make sure the new pope had testicles.
vPbj8 TIL that Apple designs and tests its product boxes so that they open at just the right speed
Brole TIL the Dyatlov pass mystery, one of worlds biggest mysteries, in which 9 Russian hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains due to strange and inexplicable injuries, was recently SOLVED after 60 years.
LQyvP TIL that coffee was originally consumed as wine, when coffee beans were first discovered in Ethiopia, they were fermented and consumed as a type of wine. It wasn't until later that the practice of roasting and brewing the beans as we know it today emerged.
M7DgV TIL the Canadian PM's office will send a personalized certificate for milestone birthdays and anniversaries