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TIL of the de Mailly-Nesle Sisters, 4 out of 5 of whom were Mistresses to King Louis XV of France

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0mlM TIL Pierre Terrail (a french knight) single-handedly defended a bridge against 200 Spaniards during the battle of Garigliano.
DY8r TIL there are certain organs that have “immune privilege”, and will never be rejected in the case of a transplant. These include the eyes, brain, and testicles.
7b0x TIL that Tom Hanks is an avid support of NASA’s manned space programs and originally wanted to be an astronaut, but “didn’t have the math”. He was awarded the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award in 2006 for his contributions to raising public awareness of space programs.
KOk86 TIL that most of Coheed and Cambria's music follows an overarching Sci Fi story called "The Amory Wars" and that each album was accompanied by a Graphic Novel release
b9bNZ TIL that the current primate of the Polish Orthodox Church, archbishop Sawa of Warsaw, worked as an informant for the Polish secret police, reporting fellow churchmen, and used his association with them to climb the church's ranks.