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TIL that the Vatican says that followers of Pope Francis on twitter will have less time in Purgatory.

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7Omx TIL Kirby was named after the Lawyer that saved Nintendo from a lawsuit against Universal Studios in 1984
9wdJQ TIL Austria's Coat of Arms is the last to feature a hammer and sickle in Europe
Y7L5G TIL some sharks lay spiral shark eggs and others lay 'mermaid purses'. Some sharks are oviparous (lay eggs), some are viviparous (give birth to living young) and other sharks are ovoviviparous (the eggs hatch inside the mother before the young are born alive)
loROB Til the Iranian blizzard of 1972 was the deadliest blizzard in history. It dropped up to 26 feet of snow and killed over 4,000 people. Those few who survived the -13 degree Fahrenheit temperatures were without water, food, heat and medical aid for days
6E7mJ TIL that there is a fish that can cause hallucinations when eaten. The Ancient Romans consumed it as a drug, and its name in Arabic means "the fish that makes dreams". Its effects are thought to come from the fish's diet of phytoplankton.