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TIL mozzarella is made from water buffalo's milk

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QJAWE TIL that the tradition of Popes adopting a papal name started with Pope John II, who was named Mercurius at birth and thought bearing the name of a pagan god was inappropriate.
Vl0D TIL The SS United States, launched in 1951, still holds the record as the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction.
ep1E TIL there is a female urinal called The Pollee.
wLgy7 TIL that the true last battle of the American Revolution was the Battle of Cuddalore... in India
epdxD TIL The Harlem Globetrotters once lost track of a game and found themselves down 12 with 2 minutes left. Forced to play normal basketball, they rallied but could not recover. When the final buzzer sounded, the crowd was dumbfounded and disappointed. Some children in the stands cried after the loss.