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TIL Pope Francis used to be a nightclub bouncer

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6ExdX TIL Oranienburg is considered "the most dangerous city in Germany." Not because of crime, but because of the hundreds of unexploded bombs and other ordinance from WWII. As of 2017, there's an estimated 350-400 bombs still buried in the city.
RM4j TIL that the North Korean government operates a chain of restaurants that appear throughout China and Southeast Asia and even Russia. Each restaurant funnels $100k - $300k per year back to the DPRK.
0DBM TIL that Sour Patch Kids used to be named Mars Men in the 70s and were renamed in the mid 80s to capitalize on the popularity of Cabbage Patch Kids.
lo1y1 TIL that after making an unsuccessful attempt on Franz Ferdinand's life Nedeljko Čabrinović tried killing himself by swallowing a cyanide pill then jumped into the nearby river finding that the cyanide pill was defective and that the river was only 4 inches deep. He was immediately arrested.
odvo TIL that sodium bicarbonate (Baking Soda) kills cockroaches. Once consumed, it causes the internal organs of cockroaches to burst due to gas collection.