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TIL "Amadeus" was filmed almost entirely in real castles and palaces in Prague, rather than Vienna where Mozart actually lived

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nVnB TIL When a journalist innocently asked Pope John XXIII, “Your Holiness, how many people work in the Vatican?” He replied, “About half of them.”
o8QL TIL illegal income, such as bribes, are considered taxable income. Authorities can use this to prosecute people with “legal immunity” (diplomats, UN workers, etc) as they are not immune to paying taxes.
9YYpm TIL of Peter Lemon, a Canadian volunteer in the US Army, who won the Medal of Honor for actions performed while stoned on marijuana in Vietnam
DM0j TIL of a Canadian pop band called Free Beer who had trouble booking gigs because bar patrons would complain to bar owners about being tricked. So the group changed the name to Barenaked Ladies.
d80LB TIL To treat a malaria outbreak in Borneo, the WHO used DDT to kill mosquitoes. DDT killed wasps which were eating thatch-eating caterpillars who were eaten by geckoes & eaten by cats, who died, which led to rats, plague, & typhus. WHO had to parachute 145,000 cats into the area to kill the rats.