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TIL The adviser to Pope Benedict XVI on scandals of pedophile priests was busted for pedophilia.

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9wLYX TIL The flower that takes the longest to bloom is a rare species of giant bromeliad, Puya raimondii, native to the mountains of Bolivia. On average it takes between 80-150 years to bloom, though one specimen planted by UC Berkeley only took 28 years to bloom.
p87YG TIL of a boy who legally changed his name when he was eight years old to Loki Skylizard, today he is a surgeon and goes by Dr. Skylizard
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