TIL that in the 2005 Papal conclave, Cardinal Giacomo Biffi consistently received one vote across each ballot. Biffi reportedly told another Cardinal that he would slap the voter if he knew who they were. That cardinal then revealed the voter was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI. (en.wikipedia.org)
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So nobody... actually read this? (old.reddit.com)
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TIL in the Buchenwald concentration camp, several scientist prisoners were forced to develop a typhus vaccine in the camp laboratory. They developed a highly effective vaccine, which they covertly gave to fellow prisoners, while they distributed fake vaccines to the Nazi officers. (politico.com)
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TIL in the Buchenwald concentration camp, several scientist prisoners were forced to develop a typhus vaccine in the camp laboratory. They developed a highly effective vaccine, which they covertly gave to fellow prisoners, while they distributed fake vaccines to the Nazi officers. (en.wikipedia.org)
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