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TIL that the Catholic church owns a billion dollar media firm that sells pornography and erotica.

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78Vjp TIL that the "offer he can't refuse" line from The Godfather is based an alleged rumour where mob enforcer Willie Moretti held a gun over Tommy Dorsey's head to release Frank Sinatra from his contract.
awdmN TIL: Patch Adams only agreed to the 1999 film of his namesake because they promised to help build his hospital. None of the profits from the film was ever given to his foundation, and the film was heavily criticised by Patch Adams himself, saying: "I hate that movie."
ANL57 TIL that in 1976, 3 men kidnapped a bus full of schoolchildren with the goal of ransoming them back for 5 million dollars. They tried to place the ransom call, but the line was busy, and they ended up falling asleep. By the time they woke up, the children had freed themselves and made it to safety.
8rgP TIL Americans greatly overestimate the population share of gay, Hispanic and African American people
8ePVV TIL that the Hermite crater on the Moon is the coldest place currently known in the Solar System, colder than any surface on Pluto