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TIL Pope Francis used to be a nightclub bouncer

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BrxKb TIL that Malaria is theorized to have killed half of all humans who have ever lived (Approx 50 Billion people).
Y4Kd TIL that in the 1908 dystopian novel “Lord of the World” a white-haired early 21st century Senator from Vermont is revealed to be the Anti-Christ.
Zp9xG TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint.
N709P TIL that President Nixon used the sonic booms of 3 SR-71 Black Birds to signal to American POW's in Hanoi that if they could escape and make it down the river, American forces would be there to rescue them.
OoeWa TIL Hugh Jackman had no idea what a wolverine was when he auditioned for the role and actually spent two weeks studying wolves instead.