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TIL a friar is a monk without a monastery

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ow9K TIL Mary MacKillop was excommunicated from the Catholic Church in 1871 after reporting a priest for sexually abusing children. 139 years later she was declared a saint by Pope Benedict XVI.
wL4NM TIL that hersheys produces all cadbury products in the U.S and banned U.K made cadbury from being sold in the states
1dy4 TIL Passengers on the Mayflower were allotted a gallon of beer each per day. Given that beer at the time was 5-6% alcohol, one could presume the Pilgrims were inebriated more often than not.
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