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TIL Pope Francis used to be a nightclub bouncer

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MEYb TIL that there is a word in Mandarin pronounced “kǎnyé” that literally translates to “big talker”
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MeY88 TIL that the name Lloyd comes from Llwyd, the Welsh word for grey. Harold Lloyd's paternal grandfather was from Wales