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TIL Pope Francis has a master’s degree in Chemistry

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ep08E TIL when actor Chazz Palminteri was 9yrs old living in the Bronx, he witnessed a mobster get killed in front of his apartment building. He included the incident in a one man play he wrote and starred in that Robert Deniro saw. They decided to turn it into the movie "A Bronx Tale".
4kGg TIL Hitler had a moustache because he thought his nose would look too large without it
VMmdm TIL of the Book of Judith (~300 BC) whose hero is a beautiful widow who saves her people by befriending and decapitating the Assyrian general.
0Wpy TIL The SEC was repeatedly and explicitly warned about the Madoff Ponzi scheme for 10 years by a forensic accountant. Over and over again they ignored the warnings and did nothing.
OoG7a TIL There’s a text bot that will help you compose and send faxes to your state representatives and governor. Text “resist” to 50409.