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TIL that the film composer John Williams plays a bartender in a cameo appearance in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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a8EQL TIL that Pope Francis hasn't watched TV since 1990, after making a pledge to the Virgin Mary. It has kept him from watching his favorite soccer team, Buenos Aires-based San Lorenzo. So a member of the Swiss Guard tells him the scores and keeps him up to date on the standings
8nGX TIL that a man almost melted a $33,000,000 gold Fabergé egg he purchased at a flea market for $14,000.
Q41L TIL after Hawaiian King Kamehameha was hit in the head with a paddle by a frightened fisherman during a battle, he not only spared the man’s life but decreed a “Law of the Splintered Oar” protecting civilians in war that’s still part of Hawaii law in the State constitution.
OGD4a TIL Dublin is the only city in the world with a monument to a Nazi/Nazi sympathiser.
woxG1 TIL about the Japanese dish known as "Shirouo no Odorigui". The "Shirouo", or "Ice Goby", are small translucent fish that are served in a shot glass while still alive and drunk with a dash of soy sauce.