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TIL one of the leading candidates to be the next Pope is named Pierbattista Pizzaballa

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9QPB TIL There is a “prophecy” written in 1595 that predicts the future popes. The next pope corresponds with the last one on the list.
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DQvRV TIL that interpretations of the film The Shining as referencing treatment of Native Americans, were made as early as 1987 in an essay in The Washington Post.