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TIL that San Marino holds a national holiday whenever their national football team scores a goal.

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Y7x8v TIL that while Roman Catholic cardinals debate who should be the next Pope, black smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney means that no candidate has received enough votes. White smoke means that someone has received the necessary two thirds of votes to become the new head of the Catholic Church.
dJE7 TIL Sugar is more addictive than cocaine. “Even when you get the rats hooked on IV cocaine, once you introduce sugar, almost all of them switch to the sugar.”
KYlgw TIL, In 2010, 80yr old María de Jesus suffered a heart attack and was pronounced dead at a LA morgue. Days later, morticians returned to pull her body for the funeral & found an unzipped bodybag and a corpse with bruises. It was determined that she tried to escape, broke her nose & froze to death
P1YgJ TIL that the Aboriginal people of Australia have occupied the land for more than 60,000 years.
Y7xG7 TIL two men had their arms torn off at the shoulder during a game of Tug-of-War in 1997. The game had over 1600 participants. Their arms were successfully reattached.