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TIL That they sell a “Hottest Priests of the Vatican” calendar on stands in Vatican City.

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R5116 TIL that both the southernmost and easternmost points of Japan are in Tokyo. Despite their distance from the urban core of the city, both Okinatori and Minamitori islands are part of the Tokyo Metropolis.
R5pJQ TIL that Barry Goldwater and John F. Kennedy were close friends. They planned to hold a series of Lincoln-Douglas style debates across the country in the 1964 presidental election. Goldwater was greatly dissapointed at Kennedy's assassination and that his opponent would not be Kennedy.
KwLJ TIL: The first gun control laws were aimed at black people to keep them from owning weapons to protect themselves.
Nog1 TIL that the City of London Police are the reigning Olympic tug of war champions.
Y7ZZW TIL Kurt Russell was the voice of ‘Copper’ in The Fox and the Hound