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TIL Pope Benedict defrocked nearly 400 priests for abusing children

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Lkn90 TIL you only need to buy 14 calendars and you're set for life because there are only 14 possible calendar configurations (assuming you dont also follow the lunar calendar).
4Pab TIL in 2000, when the cast of “Friends” wouldn’t come down from their $1,050,000/episode salary demands, NBC produced promos saying “You’ve loved them for seven years, see how it all ends with the series finale of Friends this Thursday”. The cast agreed to lower salaries.
woxko TIL Christopher Lee (known for his illustrious acting career spanning multiple decades, especially among younger generations for his roles as Saruman in Lord of the Rings and Count Dooku in Star Wars) was present at the last public guillotine execution in France in June 1939. He was 17 at the time.
mxmOp TIL that the last Ottoman Sultan spent the first 56 years of his life as a captive in a room known as “The Cage” before ascending to the throne. The purpose of the practice was to confine rival male heirs.
Y7D4r TIL that Komodo dragons originated in Australia