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TIL the office of Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem has been around since 1099, having been established in the wake of the First Crusade.

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kOXg4 TIL that "Cult Toons", those crazy 'remixes' of Hanna-Barbera cartoons with blaxploitation and martial arts movies which were on Cartoon Network at the end of the 90s, were produced in the UK.
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