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

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gr86b TIL Otters can hostage a child of another otter for food ransom
9wK8p TIL Midland, TX MSA, with just 170k population, is the richest metro area in America. It's GDP per capita is 57% higher than San Francisco MSA.
LK7P TIL the song Smack My Bitch Up by Prodigy has only 6 different words in it, and 9 credited songwriters
WkgKX TIL in 1980 after causing roughly $200,000 in damage to SNL property and shouting “fuck New York” into the microphone, the punk band FEAR was banned from NBC for life