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TIL that popes cannot be organ donors because their body becomes property of the church upon their death. This rule invalidated Pope Benedict’s organ donor card, which he had held since the 1970s.

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R5W8w TIL of Manfred Ramminger, a German architect who stole an American missile for the Soviet Union by walking into a West German air base, hauling the missile out in a wheelbarrow, driving it wrapped in a carpet, and finally disassembling it and shipping it to Moscow through commercial airmail.
lo1M1 TIL A French doctor lured as many as 60 Jews into his home under the pretence of safety from the Nazi occupiers. He then killed them with his own gas chamber.
awN9L TIL The Greek philosopher Plato's real name is unknown, as "Plato" is his wrestling nickname
5VrJP TIL the 1981 Nashville Sounds went 81-62 (.566) winning the Western Division of the Southern League (AA). Their star players were Don Mattingly and Willie McGee, who were both 1985 MLB MVP's.
OGB56 TIL the loudest human voice belongs to Annalisa Flanagan, a primary school teacher with the ability to shout the word "Quiet!" at 121.7 dB