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TIL that, in 2003, Lauryn Hill accepted an invitation to perform at a Vatican Christmas concert for the sole purpose of chastising the church for the child molestation scandal. Church leaders walked out as her comments were being translated.

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loP4a TIL of Dr. Norman Bethune, a Canadian who served as an army doctor in both the Spanish Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War and invented the first mobile blood transfusion clinic. He is so beloved in China that his eulogy penned by Mao Zedong is required reading in Chinese textbooks.
AjJn TIL a Senator committed suicide at his Capitol Hill desk after being blackmailed for his son’s homosexuality.
rRZZo TIL in 1968 a referendum was held in Liechtenstein to introduce women's suffrage. 49.5% of women voted against it
E1Dkd TIL ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ is the most popular music to play at funerals in the UK. 'Match of the Day theme’ comes fourth.
Y7ZAx TIL of the Wendat chief Kondiaronk, who's efforts concluded in what is known as The Great Peace of Montreal (1701) between France, the Iroquois, and the other Indian tribes of the Upper Great Lakes. This ended the Beaver Wars and helped open up the interior of North America to deeper French explorat