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TIL: There’s a significant record of Sexually Active Popes

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YpkWZ TIL Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the odour of farts smell good so that farting in public will become socially acceptable. Ben wanted flatulence to be "as agreeable as perfumes"
WoQB TIL That North Korea imprisons three generations of a Political prisoner’s family.
wLvo1 TIL of Brian Molony, a compulsive gambler famous for embezzling millions to feed his gambling habit. Starting gambling from the age of 10, he embezzled 10 million dollars and lost almost 5 million dollars at Caesars Atlantic City. His life story is the basis of the movie Owning Mahowny.
4XGJ6 TIL That Japan burns a portion of its garbage and uses the resulting ash in land reclamation. As of 2012 Japan has created over 250 square kilometers (96 square miles) of new land using this method.
0V8R TIL that fire burns in a sphere without gravity to stoke it