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TIL the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth is meant to represent the Catholic Church and its role in aiding fascism

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oBoMW TIL in 2012 authorities discovered over 1,500 pieces of stolen art valued at 1.3 billion in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt. Cornelius never held a job and lived alone surrounded by the art for 40 years. These pieces were to be part of Hitler's Fuhrermuseum.
YpXyZ TIL that Barry White was a gangmember in South Central, LA and after his brothers murder, doing time in jail and listening to an Elvis song he left the gang life and began singing love songs.
jNwdR TIL that a woman named Angela adopted a cat and named her Missy. Missy pawed at Angela's chest and Angela felt that was not right and went to the doctor only to reveal that Angela had cancer. A year later Missy pawed Angela's chest again and tests revealed cancer again.
P14kE TIL that 92% of all US currency has traces of cocaine on paper currency.
VMlWD TIL of Edward Katskee, a scientist who accidentally overdosed on Cocaine after he purposefully injected himself with a large dose of to test how it affected the human body. He attempted to write notes on the walls of his office as he died. They were deemed too illegible to be scientifically useful.