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TIL the Pope’s popemobile is a Hyundai unlike previous popes that have used Mercedes.

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e0x1J TIL about Alfred Russel Wallace, a young Welsh explorer who spent 4 years in Brazil, nearly blind after his glasses broke. While returning home the ship caught fire, destroying all his findings. He then went to Malaysia, collecting 127,000 specimens. In 1858 he conceived his own theory of evolution.
GYgL1 TIL that, on average, one NFL player is arrested per week and the record number of days without an NFL player being arrested is 64 days
yVQ1p TIL during the monsoon season, the Mekong River swells so much it forces the Tonle Sap River to flow backwards, away from the sea, filling Tonle Sap Lake, temporarily making it the largest freshwater lake in SE Asia. It’s the only river in the world that changes direction seasonally.
gMPwD TIL The world’s deadliest serial killer, Luis Garavito, admitted to killing 140 people, and was sentenced to 835 years in prison. He was convicted on the deaths of 189 people over 7 years, and is suspected to have murdered many more.
l7GkG TIl In 1988, Rob Lowe filmed himself having sex with a 16yo and it almost ruined his career