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TIL Upon the death of the Dalai Lama, a search for his reincarnation is conducted where a child is identified through a series of 'tests' before being recognized as the succeeding Dalai Lama. The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the 14th.

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xVynk TIL that one of the reasons why the original pilot of star trek "The Cage" was not well received by NBC executes was the prominence of women on the bridge of the Enterprise.
y0Me TIL that when a priest asked Voltaire to renounce Satan, Voltaire’s last words were “Now is not the time for making new enemies”.
xxLw TIL the term mothership is from the whaling trade when small, fast ships were used to chase and kill whales. The dead meat from several boats was then brought back to the larger, slower ship for processing and storage until the return to land.
mAWp TIL Poon Lim survived 133 days adrift in the Pacific ocean on a 8’ square wooden raft. When rescued he was told no one had ever survived longer on a raft at sea, he simply replied “I hope no one will ever have to break that record.”
DQ0Mv TIL that ancient Native Americans consumed a highly caffeinated ceremonial beverage of roasted holly leaves called cacina, or black drink. Conquistadores who consumed the drink daily provide some of the earliest written accounts of caffeine addiction.