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TIL that there was a Banquet of Chestnuts - Where the then Pope had a “banquet” with 50 “Courtesans”, then took the candles and put them on the ground and threw chestnuts on the ground and awarded prizes for best performance in picking up the chestnuts in creative ways.

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