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TIL that the pope can't be an organ donor

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JYQ0k TIL that while Nashville has a beautiful recreation of the Parthenon according to how it would look to the Ancient Greeks, Memphis has the world’s tenth largest pyramid and they decided to put a Bass Pro Shop in it
BrLpW TIL about Roman soldier Pantera. In Celsius' "The true word" Jesus was depicted as the result of an affair between his mother Mary and this soldier. Both the ancient Talmud and medieval Jewish writings reinforced this notion, referring "Yeshu ben Pantera", which means "Jesus, son of Pantera"
ajOo TIL airline pilots in the 1930s and 40s would navigate by listening to a stream of automated “A” and “N” Morse codes when visibility was poor. They would turn the aircraft to the right when hearing an “N” stream, to the left on an “A” stream and fly straight ahead while hearing a steady tone.
P1YPJ TIL that the blow-fly of East and Central Africa, commonly infects humans by laying its eggs on wet clothes, left out to dry and a good way to prevent the transfer to a person's skin, is to iron all clothes including underwear, which kills the eggs/larvae.
Eg1Ld TIL that Enid Blyton is the most translated children's author, while Agatha Christie is the most translated author overall.