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TIL human beings invented bread before they invented farming

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XjXk TIL when the Pope dies, it’s tradition to confirm the death ceremonially by gently tapping the pope’s head thrice with a silver hammer, calling his birth name each time.
wRX7 TIL After Captain Sullenberger’s heroic Miracle on the Hudson, NYC officials captured and gassed 1,235 Canada geese in an effort to prevent similar incidents.
aw1Zy TIL: There's a tiny chunk of Russia located two countries west of Russia. Like East Germany, it's land the Red Army conquered in the last year of WWII. Unlike East Germany, the Russians are still in control of the ex-Prussian/ex-German area of Königsberg --called since WWII the Kaliningrad Oblast.
9YoOm TIL NASA was so clueless about the workings of a woman's body, in 1983 they tried to send the first female astronaut, Sally Ride, to space with 100 tampons, asking if that would be enough. She was to be in orbit for 14 days.
4X0o TIL A former Italian Porn star became a politician and continued to make adult movies while a member of parliament