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TIL Pope Francis’ tomb will be in a former candelabra closet

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gMan4 TIL of Scientists who dropped off closed boxes in a remote Ethiopian village containing tablets, taped shut, with no instructions. Within 5 months, the children had not only learned to use 47 apps, but also managed to hack the Android OS.
WA1L TIL the inventor of the Pringles can, Fredric Baur, had his ashes buried in one.
69pE7 Today I learned the northern British Columbia locality of Premier is only accessible through Hyder, Alaska, which itself is only accessible from Stewart, BC. This makes Premier, in Canada, only accessible through a portion of the US that is itself only accessible from Canada.
W11o TIL In 2007, a Bosnian couple, unhappy with their marriages, began cheating on each other online. When they finally decided to meet their online lovers, they discovered they had been cheating on each other, with each other.
jNJwj TIL that Horton Hears a Who is an allegory for American attitudes towards Japan during and after World War II.