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TIL Life never gave us lemons, humans made them all on their own.

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x6NQw TIL that Pope Francis was a nightclub bouncer.
nJNY TIL that since the introduction of atomic time, leap seconds became necessary, resulting in a minute with 61 seconds.. There are approximately 8 leap seconds every decade.
69M08 TIL that a Japanese man named Yasuo Takamatsu searches for his wife's remains after she was lost in the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.
7WBp TIL that in 1996, Charlie Sheen paid $6,537.50 to buy 2,615 tickets to a Major League Baseball game at Anaheim Stadium, hoping to catch a home run ball. Sheen and three of his friends sat alone, 20 rows up, but no home runs were hit that day.
x655b TIL that Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was actually the first film George Lucas had directed since the first Star Wars in 1977