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TIL a friar is a monk without a monastery

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grP88 TIL Finland used a lot of resources and logistics during WW II to bring the fallen to their home parishes for a proper funeral, instead of using mass graves in the battlefield.
kJGDe TIL The Suicidal Tour (Excursão Suicída) was a 1943 fundraising tour by Santa Cruz Futebol Clube in Brazil’s North Region. From January to April, they played 26-28 matches in six cities. The tour gained its name due to financial struggles, threats of German attacks, and multiple fatalities.
X04bR TIL in 2022, the US created the 'American Song Contest', based on Eurovision. It failed due to the "the relative homogeneity of the American musical landscape," and the fact that Americans were not campy enough to capture the magic of Eurovision.
BgdMy TIL that after an accident on June 13, 1922, Charles Osborne began to hiccup nonstop. The condition persisted for more than six decades, only ending in 1990, a full 68 years after it began.
mnDP TIL there is a crocodile in Africa named Gustave that has killed over 300 people.