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

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LQRnZ TIL Gordon Lightfoot's The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was the first commercially released song to be digitally recorded... in 1976!
PR6V TIL Canada Dry’s popularity as a mixer began during Prohibition, when its flavor helped mask the taste of homemade liquor. The “Dry” in the brand’s name refers to not being sweet, as in a dry wine. it was far less sweet than other ginger ales then available; as a result, “Dry” was added to its name.
v10NL TIL that the tradition of brides wearing white at their weddings started with Queen Victoria in 1840
R7Ba4 TIL Champollion (guy who deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphics) was instructed not to reveal findings contradicting teachings of the Catholic Church. He dated the Tomb of Menofre to the fifth dynasty, pre-dating Noah's flood. According to the Church it could not exist. He took the secret to his grave.
KO4D4 TIL The first road vehicle to go over 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) it was a Belgian electric vehicle. Camille Jenatzy accomplished this feat in a car he designed himself, "La Jamais contente" (Never Satisfied), set a road speed record of 105.88 km/h on 29 April 1899, in Achères.