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TIL the Catholic Church officially recognises that a photo of Mother Teresa cured a woman of cancer…a claim disputed by her doctor because the woman had been taking medicine and it wasn’t even cancer

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QJLYM TIL Ron Thomas who played Kobra Kai member Bobby Brown in 'The Karate Kid' went on to become two-time Karate world champion and a sixth degree black belt.
eOBJ TIL dogs sneeze to communicate to other dogs that they’re not being aggressive
bVAE TIL Alcohol is one of the most dangerous drugs to experience withdrawal from
ADnwB TIL that macaroni and cheese originated in the 14th Century. A Middle English recipe describes it as "Take and make a thynne foyle of dowh. and kerve it on pieces, and cast hem on boiling water & seeþ it well. take cheese and grate it and butter cast bynethen and above as losyns. and serue forth."
MeR6K TIL that, upon being appointed King of Holland by Napoleon, Louis Bonaparte arrived in Holland and exclaimed to a crowd, “I am the Rabbit of Holland” (Iek ben Konijn van Olland). He meant to say ‘lek ben Koning’ (I am the King). But the Dutch loved him anyways, and remember him as “Louis the Good.”