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TIL There Was A Priest On The Toronto Maple Leafs

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RLy9 TIL many of the scenes from the film “1984” were shot on the actual days noted in Winston Smith’s diary. The entry for April 4, 1984, was actually filmed on April 4, 1984, and was the very first scene to be shot.
a8LaN TIL: There is a tea farm in Sichuan that specializes in Panda Dung Tea. They use the excrement of giant panda to fertilize the tea. It sold for $3,500 in lots of 50 grams. It is advertised as healthy as Pandas only eat bamboo.
LkZdZ TIL that JFK installed an interior swimming pool in the White House during his presidency, that stayed until it was removed by Richard Nixon in April 1970
BrmKb TIL that Joe DiMaggio was so in love with Marilyn Monroe that after her death he had flowers delivered to her grave twice a week for 20 years
oOQR TIL Omnipotence paradox: Can God create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it? If he can’t, the argument goes, then there is something that he cannot do, and therefore he is not omnipotent. If he can, it continues, then there is also something that he cannot do, and therefore he is not omnipotent.