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TIL that Pope Francis Was Once A Nightclub Bouncer

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b9R4N TIL there is a religion called Last Thursdayism that believes that our entire universe, with all of us and our collective memories was created just Last Thursday.
eVjb TIL A former Scientologist wielding two samurai swords attempted to infiltrate the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood. He was shot dead.
1bBV TIL that before 1600, a game of chess could be won by capturing all of the opponent’s pieces, leaving a bare king; a style of play known as “annihilation”. In Medieval times, players considered it nobler to win by checkmate, so annihilation became a half win for a while, until it was abandoned.
8aKlZ TIL Layne Staley was once praised by Swedish police for punching a Nazi in the face on stage.
0BY5 TIL that Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto, had some of his ashes placed aboard the New Horizons space probe, the spacecraft that first explored the dwarf planet