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TIL that Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) and Jerome Flynn (Bronn) used to be in a relationship, which ended so terribly that they refuse to be in the same room. Consequentially, Cersei and Bronn have actually never been in a single scene together in Game of Thrones.

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BrPNe TIL Jack Parsons was one of the founders of NASA JPL and a pioneer of the American space program. He also practiced esoteric magic rituals, and was a devoted follower of British occultist Aleister Crowley, and his group, The Ordo Templis Orientis.
gMAJ7 TIL that Marthe Richard, a French prostitute, was the 13th woman to hold a piloting license, a spy during WW1 and the legatee of Rockefeller Foundation's financial director. After WW2 she started politics. A law named after her outlawed prostitution in France and 1,400 brothels were closed.
Pn9O TIL that James Woods reported and identified 2 of the 9/11 terrorists a month before the event when they performed a practice run.
NXgde TIL Devil's Advocate was an official position within the Catholic Church dedicated to uncovering flaws and misrepresenations of miracles during the process of canonizaion into sainthood
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