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TIL that there are two known instances of beaches being stolen

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KYWER TIL there's a fringe theory that every pope since Pius XII (1939–1958)—including John XXIII to Leo XIV—is not a true pope, and would only become valid if they converted to Catholicism
W6xL TIL if you delete a photo off facebook (or myspace) the image is still accessible online as they dont remove it from their servers.
OGArX TIL that it was once proposed to bury nuclear waste at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, with the theory that tectonic plate subduction would eventually push it down into the Earth's mantle
16GQ4 TIL, In 2014, during the penultimate capture of drug kingpin El Chapo, more than a thousand people marched in Culiacan ( Mexico) demanding his release. The crowd also demanded non-extradition; according to them, the boss had kept the city free from extortion and kidnapping.
l7gXA TIL of the 1997Jarrell, Texas "Dead Man Walking" tornado, a slow-moving F5 twister that sat over a subdivision for three full minutes, subjecting it to 260+ mph winds. It erased everything, killed 27 people, plus hundreds of cattle, and blended their remains together unrecognizably.