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TIL Pope Francis issued a papal decree stating that all dogs go to heaven, settling a debate within the Catholic Church dating back to the 18th century.

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8A7K TIL: Sais are a bludgeoning weapon
9jyB TIL of Belphegor’s Prime. It’s a prime number that is also a palindrome. It’s named after the Prince of Hell for ingenious inventions because it contains two sets of 13 zeroes with 666 in the center. The palindromic prime number is 1000000000000066600000000000001.
699Wm TIL in 2019, adult film industry star Kimberlee Anne asked her boyfriend to point a loaded gun towards her for “sexual gratification and arousal” while they were having sex. When he held it to her chest he accidentally pulled the trigger and the gun went off. She died later in hospital.
6EaKX TIL Sperm Whales are capable of making clicking noises that are so loud they are deadly. Really deadly
JYEV1 TIL that mascara got its start with coal dust and vaseline. In the early 1900's, Thomas Lyle Williams noticed his sister Mabel applying a substance after a cooking accident singed her eyebrows and lashes. In her "original formula," Mabel burned a cork and mixed the ashes with Vaseline.