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TIL The communion bread market has been cornered, outcompeting nuns at monasteries

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xVKBk TIL about Roy Benavidez, the real life Rambo and Medal of Honor recipient, Who jumped out of a chopper with only a knife against thousands of North Vietnamese soldiers, saving the lives of his fellow soldiers while making sure no intel fell into enemy hands.
PYyOG TIL that the cheesy 80s star Charo was actually one of the world’s best flamenco guitar players
Y7d6Z TIL that the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, an American percussion ensemble, has been playing music in concerts using vintage typewriters
691xw TIL Bernie Madoff, who ran a $50B ponzi scheme, may not have made a single trade with his investment fund.