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TIL The Moon Is Bigger Than Pluto

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gML9 TIL in 1972, an insane Geologist wielding a hammer attacked Michelangelo’s masterpiece Pietà statue while shouting, “I am Jesus Christ — risen from the dead!” He cause severe damage before being wrestled to the ground by Museum patrons, including American Sculptor Bob Cassilly
v1jg7 TIL the photo of Pope John Paul II torn to pieces by Sinead O’Connor on SNL in 1992 was not a prop: "The photo itself had been on my mother's bedroom wall since the day the fucker was enthroned in 1978.”
m1DNy TIL a 2023 survey of more than 1,000 hiring managers found that nearly 40% admitted to lying to candidates in job interviews. And in most cases, it worked: 92% of the managers that admitted lying said a candidate they had lied to accepted their job offer.
nZBG TIL There was a time when AMD and Intel CPUs used the same socket, and could run on the same motherboard.
X0o0k TIL that Roman gladiators were overweight (NOT muscle-bound) and ate mostly vegetarian diets