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TIL that in addition to being the Bishop of Rome, and head of the Catholic Churxh, The Pope is also King of Vatican City. Also, that the Vatican is one of only six absolute monarchies in the world.

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ADRD7 TIL: Chase Bank and J.P. Morgan & Co helped Germany in WWII by allowing Nazi sympathizers to purchase Marks (known as Rückwanderer) with dollars to fund the war effort. The banks also turned over their client lists to the Nazis who in turn used it to recruit spies in the US.
mVyO TIL that in the ancient Persian Empire, men used to debate ideas twice, once sober and once drunk, because the idea had to sound good in both states in order to be considered a good idea
4XDeN TIL of the sunkin library book burning memorial in Berlin, Germany. The library is built underground, is not accessible to the public, and can only be viewed through a glass plate that shows enough empty bookcases to hold 20,000 books, the amount burned in a book burning event on May 10, 1933.
KM7J TIL after Merriam-Webster added “McJob"–defined: a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement–to their dictionary, McDonald’s asked for it to be removed. They responded with "we stand by the accuracy and appropriateness of our definition.”
wojk7 TIL that during construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, construction workers intentionally emptied the waste of a toilet that was installed on a catwalk between the bridge towers over a Japanese freighter passing underneath. They aimed for the smokestack but missed it and hit the deck instead.