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TIL the only English Pope choked on a fly and died.

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Aw8w TIL of The Hole. A facility owned and operated by the Church of Scientology that held executives against their will for months at a time. Abuse and humiliation tactics were used to force confessions from members who were believed to have counter intentions from the church and its leader
0xkv TIL that a town in China produces 60% of all the xmas decorations in the world
Z8ykB TIL Mel Brooks was a mine clearer in WW2 “I was a combat engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in this world are combat and engineering.”
9Yp5r TIL In 2005, a radio polled 3500 music fans to make the "Rock's Ultimate Super Group", where they could choose the best musician of all time at each instrument. They ended up making Led Zeppelin.
voVx TIL Simpsons Director David Mirkin tried to leak fake endings for the Two Part Episode Who killed Mr. Burns, but to his surprise all news outlets rejected him, stating it would be immoral to air spoilers