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TIL in 1512, a horribly deformed baby was born in the city of Ravenna, and then was starved to death by order of the Pope

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pY7NO TIL about Leon Whiteley, a 26-year-old British man who cycled eastward from Portugal to China. 176 days in, at a teahouse in Kazakhstan, he met Noel Kegel -- an 27-year-old American man who was making a similar journey west
P1YVE TIL about the Royal Grand Knockout Tournament 1987 which featured several members of the British royal family (Prince Edward, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson) and celebrities (Meat Loaf, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, John Travolta) competing on a special It’s a Knockout course.
X0O0R TIL The style of the Santa Hat was first known as a pileus hat dating back to Ancient Greece. When Pope Benedict XIV wore one in 2005 people immediately drew a comparison to Santa
rRr8d TIL that the person who sung the song 'Santa Baby' was also the person who voiced the character Yzma from 'The Emperor's New Groove'
4kE4b TIL Basketball was invented in the US by a PE coach, James Naismith, who was trying to come up with a sport with less injuries and body contact