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TIL the catholic church is spending money to lobby states to not over turn statute of limitation laws that are protecting priest who raped children .

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4kppw TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library
Oo84a TIL that “Kalsarikännit” or “päntsdrunk” is a Finnish word that means “drinking at home, alone, in your underwear.” In 2017, Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs released two underwear-clad emojis to promote the cultural concept to foreigners.
rRO9y TIL: Monty Python's Graham Chapman was bisexual, defining his attraction as "75%/25%, favoring males"
QNVKX TIL that in the late 1600s, a pirate named Henry Every led the most profitable pirate raid of all time, stealing £600,000 in precious metals and jewels (worth around $141 million today) from a convoy belonging to the Mughal Empire. This led to the first worldwide manhunt. He was never found.
xGZD TIL of Zarif Khan, an Afghan man who came to Sheridan, WY in 1909 and began peddling tamales. By 1915, he acquired the nickname Hot Tamale Louie and opened a restaurant, Louie’s. In addition to his food, Khan was also famous for serving any customer, regardless of race, profession, or social class.