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TIL Sheryl Crow believes that the average person should use only one square of TP per restroom visit

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KdO6 TIL that all the mountains on Titan are named after mountains and peaks from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
0dRA TIL Baseball Player Richie Ashburn fouled off a ball and hit a spectator, a few minutes later he fouled off another ball and hit the same spectator while she was being carried off by stretcher
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BgvNe TIL, White Horse Temple, the first Buddhist temple in China, was desecrated heavily during the Cultural Revolution. At the same time, when the King of Cambodia requested to visit the temple, the Chinese authorities quickly restored it including placing artefacts from other museums in the temple.
woM4Y TIL that after defending a priest who was accused of covering up child abuse, Pope Francis commissioned an investigation, realized he was wrong and changed course. He apologized to victims, and made the entire chilean leadership resign.