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TIL That after a two-year impasse with no new Pope, the Cardinals elected a hermit monk who sent them an angry letter, threatening them with divine judgement. He became Celestine V. He served for five months before implementing a law that allowed Popes to abdicate. He abdicated a week later.

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jPgE TIL in east Africa albinos are persecuted because they are believed to have magical powers. They are frequently kidnapped and sold for cash to witch doctors who use them as ingredients in magical potions.
VB5l4 TIL strabane a small town in the north of ireland,produced the printer of the declaration of Independence John dunlap, the grandfather of 28th president Woodrow Wilson and a general who fought in the american civil war.
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96ap TIL: On 5/25/2012, “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski submitted his current information to the Harvard alumni association. Listing his eight life sentences as achievements, his current occupation as prisoner, and his current address as No. 04475-046, US Penitentiary-Max, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, CO 81226.