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TIL that asthma is the most common chronic illness among Olympians.

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78NpO TIL Benedict IX is the only person to have been Pope more than once. He was forced out, managed to regain the throne, only to resign because he wanted to marry his cousin. He soon changed his mind and became Pope for the third time. He is the youngest Pope in history (aged 20 when first elected)
wBxE TIL: When bottle feeding a kitten, you should NEVER put the kitten on their back. Doing so can cause the kitten to drown.
XBlP TIL the first man to perform cardiac catheterization, did it on himself then walked downstairs to the radiology department to take the x-ray to prove you would not die. He was fired, became a Nazi, then won the Nobel Prize.
awRGL TIL Russell Crowe, a New Zealand actor and film producer, is the only non-Australian to be featured on an Australian stamp other than Queen Elizabeth II of England, and was featured twice. He has also been rejected in his bid to become an Australian citizen twice.
PMOG TIL Sacha Baron Cohen, acting as his Ali G character, interviewed a British PM and offered him a ‘joint’–which the PM accepted and smoked on the spot.