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TIL that the Vatican has a telescope in Arizona

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YpVj7 TIL in the 2011 census for the Czech Republic, over 15 thousand people listed their religion as 'Jedi'.
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78w5Z TIL the soundtrack for Quake was written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
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