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TIL a bunch of Mexican VW car dealership owners sent a Volkswagen Beetle to Pope John Paul II

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mxNev TIL Children who mail letters to Santa at the North Pole with the zip code 12345 are actually mailing a GE plant in Schenectady NY. Workers take their lunch break to respond to children's letters pretending to be Santa's elves.
b9eEN TIL: There is a species of jellyfish whose sting inflicts the victim with an impending sense of doom. The sensatation of constant imminent dread is reportedly so severe, patients beg their doctors to kill them to end it.
gZVL TIL That will.i.am is a prolific musical thief, often stealing whole chunks of, or a whole track without permission of the original musician.
EYLW TIL I learned there’s an annual 100-mile foot race so hard that only 11 people have even finished it since 1985. The date is secret, the entry form is secret, and the entry fee is $1.60 and a pack of Camels.
orWW TIL President Lyndon Johnson was infamous for having meetings while on the toilet