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TIL that the pope can't be an organ donor

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JYr0V TIL that Christopher Collins, the voice of Starscream in the original series, also voiced Cobra Commander in the 1983 G.I. Joe cartoon. Making him the voice of two classic bad guys for an entire generation. He later went on to have a successful stand-up comedy career.
9Ynp TIL that when two Japanese pole vaulters tied for silver in the 1936 Olympics, and one was awarded the bronze, they had their medals split in half back home, and got them fused as half-silver and half-bronze in a showing of friendship.
9wOwG TIL about a man named John Martin who tried to sail from Alaska to China to visit his wife and son in an 8-foot dinghy, but instead washed up in Russia where he was later held for four months awaiting deportation
KY81a TIL that acarophenacidae mites mate inside the body of their mother before they are born. Normally one male develops per mother. He develops slightly faster than his sisters and inseminates them.
J166B TIL that Pope Francis Was Once A Nightclub Bouncer