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TIL The largest landowner in the world is the Catholic Church

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byr7 TIL if you are an alcoholic at an airport, and feel tempted to head to one of the bars, instead have “Bill W.” paged over the loudspeaker. This is an AA code known by its members; if another AA member hears the page, he/she will come meet you and help you stay away from the bar.
5VVk9 TIL Mario Puzo, in addition to being the author of 'The Godfather' and co-authoring all three Godfather screenplays with Francis Ford Coppola, also wrote the screenplays for the disaster film 'Earthquake' as well as the original 'Superman' and 'Superman II' movies.
XEQlP TIL when Sean Lennon, the son of John, was little, he didn't know about The Beatles because his parents never played Beatles records at home. When Sean saw Yellow Submarine at his friend's house, his dad had to explain why there was a cartoon version of him in the movie.
LQ66p TIL In 1994 the athlete Mauro Prosperi got lost in the Moroccan desert during a marathon, he survived by eating roots, hunting beetles,snakes and drinking his urine for 10 days
W7Q6X TIL the artist Rembrandt, despite living in the 17th century, owned a Samurai Helmet. This was due to the Dutch being the only country allowed to trade with the Japanese