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TIL The Catholic Church kept Jesus’ foreskin as a holy relic until it was stolen in 1983.

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ym8w TIL of red cell, which was a team of ex navy seals tasked to take over millitary bases, kidnap and take hostage VIPs, steal top secret info, and even ifiltrate air force one in order to expose security flaws
My7W TIL that in WWII a British pilot made an emergency landing on an Italian island, only to have the island surrender to him.
QN7xa TIL that some celebrities refuse to sign in blue ink, believing it can be forged more easily. This was historically a thing, but with modern technology, the risk of forgery is not dependent on the ink color, but soley on the quality of the ink and paper used.
0wJYL TIL of Ingeborg Rapoport. In 2015, 74 years after being denied her Ph.D by the Nazis for being Jewish, she successfully defended her dissertation and received her doctorate from the University of Hamburg at the age of 102, making her the oldest person ever to receive one.
1PlX TIL Dogs Have 13 Different Blood Types and Can Contain Different Combinations Of Each. Transfusion is Considered a “Freebie” and Doesn’t Have To Match Their Specific Blood Type.