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

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d17r TIL that housing a prisoner in California now costs more than a year at Harvard or $75,560, which is $2,000 above tuition, fees, room and board, and other expenses to attend Harvard.
M6Rm TIL there’s a man with a neurological condition rendering his vision, feeling and hearing out of sync. He hears people speak before seeing their lips move, and can hear own his voice before he feels his jaw movements.
M7RvA TIL that they’re called hamburgers because the term comes from Hamburg in Germany, where a minced beef style dish was first created
aKlL TIL the number of cricket chirps in 14 seconds plus 40 equals the temperature in Farenheit.
KOgrR TIL that most "close door" elevator buttons in the US are disabled due to the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires people with disabilities to be able to get into elevators safely.