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TIL that the Pope released a prog rock album

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9LRQ TIL Samurais had the right to kill anyone who offended them with one blow but only immediately after offense and had to have witness to prove offense happened.
697GZ TIL about the WWII L4 Grasshopper plane named "Rosie the Rocketer" that it's pilot, Major Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter, had attached six bazookas to. It took part in the battle at Arracourt, forcing a tank column to retreat. He racked up 6 tank kills, including two Tigers.
X007j TIL Mark Cuban founded a company called Cost Plus Drugs that delivers life-saving medications without price gouging for as little as 0.5% of their normal retail price.
xV4bw TIL the fastest RC flying machines are gliders that use a technique called 'Dynamic Soaring'. They can get up to 545 mph.
l7OdN TIL in 2007 a Cherokee council voted 'overwhelmingly' to strip 2,800 people of tribal citizenship, defining citizenship as 'by blood'. After a judgment in 2017 the Tribe began accepting and processing applications for citizenship for the descendents of Freedmen.