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TIL the Palmarian Catholic Church, a heretical sect, founded in Spain in 1978, claims to be the true Catholic Church with its own line of popes, starting with Clemente Domínguez, and imposes cult-like restrictions on its members, including bans on television, smartphones, and contact with outsiders.

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wMo6 TIL that Shareef Cousin, a 16 year old who was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death (after much prosecutorial misconduct) for a murder he didn’t commit, lost his civil suit against the police and D.A. on the basis that prosecutors have absolute immunity.
x7wk TIL: The astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil failed to measure the transit of Venus in 1761, waited 8 years in Africa to try again, failed because of bad weather, and then came home to find that his relatives had declared him dead and plundered his estate.
ANJkx TIL that the skyline seen behind Peter Griffin’s house in Family Guy is supposed to be the real-world town of Providence, Rhode Island
1605D TIL: North Korea has their own video game consoles. One is the Moranbong, a mix between the Wii and a Kinect. However, it is in reality a Subor G80 from China. The promotional images were also copied from Nintendo and Microsoft. The games include Contra.
oRYd8 TIL that the 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton was not the first Broadway play titled "Hamilton" that depicted the life of Alexander Hamilton. The first Hamilton wasn't a musical, though, and it was released in 1915. The 1915 play was adapted into a film released in 1931