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TIL that Pope Gregory XIV made gambling on papal elections punishable by excommunication.

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1amlD TIL that at the age of 31, Charlie Munger was broke, divorced, and had just buried his 9-year-old son who died from leukemia. Today, Munger is Warren Buffet's "right-hand man," a billionaire and says "Self-pity is not going to improve the situation...however bad it is, just fix it as best you can."
0O65 TIL in the 2006 World Cup final: after he was pulling his shirt, Zidane told Materazzi “If you would like my shirt, I will give it to you after the game”. Materazzi replied “I would rather have your whore of a sister”, which resulted in the subsequent headbutt that got Zidane red-carded.
v1vdK TIL that Mr. Rogers was a vegetarian on ethical grounds, stating "I don't want to eat anything that has a mother."
5ggn TIL Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps is a veteran of the Civil Rights movement, stating “the Scripture doesn’t support racism.”
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