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TIL Suleyman the Magnificent had an helmet made to resemble the papal tiara, but with an extra, fourth crown to show he was more powerful than the Pope himself

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jNKPQ TIL about the "omnipotence paradox," where the ability to do anything and everything seems to lead to logically contradictory ideas such as creating square circles. Its most well-known version is the so-called paradox of the stone: "Could God create a stone so heavy that even He could not lift it?"
VBQMD TIL that in 2004, then-Prince Charles endorsed a controversial cancer treatment that discourages the use of chemotherapy, in favor of patients instead taking 13 fruit juices daily, weekly injections of vitamins, and coffee enemas
yQ5va TIL the first use of the word “selfie” in print was in 2002 when an Australian student posted a picture of his split lip after a drunken party. “Sorry about the focus, it was a selfie,” he wrote on an online forum.
moKp TIL there is a bridge made of grass in Peru that was originally built 500 years ago and is rebuilt every June
OGGOY TIL that Tom Cruise went to seminary school and wanted to become a Catholic priest, until he was booted for stealing the priests’ booze.