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TIL in 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to the Pokémon franchise, saying the games did not have "any harmful moral side effects" and were based on "ties of intense friendship".

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ny0d TIL In 2009 Jim Barksdale completed a nearly straight 300 million dollar fiber-optic link between Chicago and NYC. By shaving 3ms off the previously fastest connection, Barksdale can charge 8 to 10 times the going rate because any trading algorithm not operating on his network is at a disadvantage.
ANMgw TIL: Blood is thicker than water doesn't mean what you think it means.
PYOen TIL that honey does not spoil. You could still eat honey that is thousands of years old.
Wk7PB TIL that between 5 and 6 million years ago, the Strait of Gibraltar closed, and the entire Mediterranean Sea evaporated within 1000 years, leaving behind a salty desert.
D1VOj TIL that Sylvester Stallone starred in an adult movie much before he became an actor in Hollywood. The movie was called The Party at Kitty and Stud and Stallone was paid $200 for the role. The movie was long forgotten until the director re-released it later when the actor was a big name.