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TIL that when the Pope addressed the European Parliament in 1988, the future Northern Irish first minister Rev. Ian Paisley interrupted by shouting “I denounce you as the Antichrist”. German MEP Otto von Habsburg, son of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor, responded by punching him in the face.

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OG8De TIL in 1981 American Airlines offered a "lifetime unlimited AAirpass" for a lifetime of free first class flights for $250k. You could get an additional lifetime pass for a companion for an extra $150k. Two of their most frequent fliers cost the airline $1m a year and flew over 30m miles.
d919 TIL Blockbuster still has 50 franchise owned stores open in North America
ymy8 TIL Ecstasy is illegal in all countries in the world under a UN agreement. In Britain, the law has prohibited whole families of drugs even before they were invented and in the US, any new drug which has been designed to avoid the law is automatically prohibited
OG4Z7 TIL The Laki eruption in 1783 caused the death of 20% of Iceland's inhabitants, 50% of its livestock, and disrupted weather in Europe and North America for months afterward
0waM1 TIL IHunch is the name for a spinal issue caused by looking down at a phone or laptop for too long