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TIL that there has been a pope with Jewish ancestry other than St.Peter - Pope Evaristus was a Judean with patrilineal Jewish ancestry from 99AD to 107AD

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Z8VWG TIL places like Wales, Wallachia, Wallonia, and Cornwall etc, have similar names because it was the word German conquerors called the surviving Roman speakers after the empire fell. The twem "walhaz" means stranger, which the surviving Roman refugees were to them.
ZKrv TIL slow drivers, not speeders, are statistically more likely to be involved in an accident.
D1yWv TIL of the Mt. Iimori monument, an ancient Italian column that survived Pompeii and was donated to Japan by Mussolini in 1928 to honor nineteen teenage samurai who mistakenly committed suicide on the mountain in 1868 after falsely believing their domain had lost a battle in the Japanese Revolution.
78Aop TIL that the xxx rating in america has never actually been recognised by the mpaa, and it was invented by adult movie studios to imply their films were more hardcore than normal x-rated films
lWEN TIL Alligators will give manatees the right of way if they are swimming near each other.