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TIL J. Cole and ScHoolboy Q were born in the same state, in Germany

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Y7JbZ TIL that when Pope John Paul II visited Phoenix, he held mass at Sun Devil Stadium, which had all images and textual mentions of the Sun Devil mascot and nickname removed or covered for the occasion.
jEoa TIL that Americans who listened to the first Kennedy-Nixon debate on the radio felt that Nixon had won while those who watched it on television were sure that Kennedy had won. This was because, where Nixon had eloquence and debate skills, Kennedy had charm and showmanship.
VXx0 TIL Virgins in Iran are married/raped before being executed because the Koran forbids the killing of virgins.
Rlp8 TIL that it is estimated that the wealth of the royal Saudi family is around 1,4 trillion dollars.
YpW9v TIL Yoda is supposed to speak in a weird way. I'm Hungarian, and I've always watched Star Wars dubbed until now. The Hungarian language is almost completely unrestricted about the order of words in a sentence, it only determines what the speaker wants to emphasize.