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TIL the cartoon Mucha Lucha was the first TV-aired series made entirely with Adobe Flash

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WkxdY TIL With a population of under 1000, Vatican City has a national football team consisting entirely from employees of the Vatican. In 2011 they faced Palestine where they fielded an entire squad of Catholic priests, Palestine beat them 9-1.
7rB9r Today I learned that some beer companies put a plastic ball in their cans to enhance the taste
yQXYV TIL The Vatican has a telescope in Arizona. The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) is part of the Mount Graham International Observatory and is operated by the Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world.
l7KN5 TIL There is such thing as Vets without Borders, like Doctors Without Borders but for animals (they help people too). Started in Ontario, Canada, now active in over 17 countries and growing.
won7o TIL the perpetrator of the My Lai massacre had a life sentence of hard labor commuted to 3 years house arrest by President Nixon.