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TIL that the first recorded example of gambling on the papal elections is from the 1503 conclave

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1NgX TIL Sweden has become so efficient at recycling that they have run out of garbage to recycle and now import garbage from Norway to fuel it’s energy programs.
XE8Ak TIL about the USS Oriskany Fire wherein a sailor panicked after accidentally igniting a magnesium flare then tossing it back into the locker filled with 250 flares. This resulted in the death of 44 with 156 injured and nearly sank the aircraft carrier
r0ae TIL: In Wolfenstein 3D if you’re under 11 health you can drink the blood puddles on the ground spread though out the level for 1 health
Ex70 TIL Texas can exclude someone from office if they do not believe in the existence of a God.
xRJk TIL in 1964, the FBI spent 4 months investigating the song “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen after receiving complaints about obscene lyrics. The investigation ended without persecution. Ironically, the word “Fuck” appears in the song, shouted by the drummer after he accidentally dropped his drumstick.