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TIL the longest Papal term in the history of the Catholic Church is held by none other than St. Peter for a total of at least 34 years.

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xYeg TIL the 1992 Brendan Fraser movie ‘Encino Man’ was called 'California Man’ in Europe to make it culturally recognizable for those outside the states.
OoA11 TIL in 1950 Wernher von Braun and 100 other Nazis in Operation Paperclip were transferred from Fort Bliss to Huntsville, AL. Within 20 years, the population of Huntsville grew over 740%.
VMP64 TIL early-20th-century actress, Maude Adams, wanted to do a film version of Peter Pan, but was against doing it in black-and-white. She began working with experts on those obstacles, i.e. lack of color film and inadequate lighting. She earned several electric-light patents in the 1930s.
1a178 TIL that when cyber criminals made off with $81m (and almost got away with $1bn), Bangladesh Bank was using second-hand switches worth $10 and had no firewalls in place.
WldA TIL that when smoking was allowed on aircraft, engineers used nicotine stains on the outside of planes to detect microscopic cracks in the fuselage. Now that smoking is banned, these cracks have become much more difficult to detect.