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TIL Pope Francis has a master’s degree in Chemistry

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M7Mw7 TIL that the rock band Journey had their own Atari video game based on the album 'Escape' - almost 30 years before 'Guitar Hero: Aerosmith'.
QNaya TIL that American-born Soviet Spy Joel Barr successfully convinced Khrushchev to build a city devoted to making semiconductors. It’s called Zelenograd and it still exists.
JWal TIL Ira Einhorn, the founder of Earth Day murdered and composted his wife, Holly Maddux.
BrwkW TIL that the "electrical" smell from running things like a food processor or power tools for too long is the carbon brushes in the motor overheating and starting to burn
GxwJ TIL When nonpregnant people are asked if they would have a termination if their fetus tested positive for down syndrome 23–33% said yes. When women who screened positive are asked, 89–97% say yes