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TIL Pope Francis used to be a nightclub bouncer

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d8MPK TIL during James K. Polk's presidential campaign, he pledged to leave office after one term. He got elected, left after one term, and then died 3 months later.
dDQdZ TIL the Bikini Clad woman in the Iconic Scarface chainsaw scene was sent home for ‘Erratic Behaviour’ and went missing not long after.
PY01J TIL that, although the character of Batman is famous today for refusing to kill anyone, his first issue featured him punching the villain into a vat of acid and declaring it "a fitting end for his kind".
rxLM TIL that not only were C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien frenemies, they also talked a lot of shit about Walt Disney to each other.
01rN TIL of a machine weighing 200 tons that could stream music…over a century ago