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TIL Pope Francis briefly worked as a nightclub bouncer before joining the Jesuits

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R5R1j TIL that the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company pioneered the development and production of the Ejection Seat after its founder, Sir James Martin, lost his partner, Capt Valentin Baker, in a plane crash in 1942
KYOaa TIL Movies made in France can access a tax rebate (worth up to 40% of spend) if the movie passes a Cultural Test, which awards points if at least one main character is "of a nationality that cannot be determined". More points for sets being "symbolic of France".
5VPkk TIL that VidAngel, a Utah-based media company that streams censored versions of popular films and TV series based on user-set criteria like nudity, profanity, and violence, was successfully sued by major Hollywood studies for copyright infringement.
grQxL TIL that "chaturanga" (चतुरङ्ग), meaning "four-limbed" in Sanskrit, refers to a yoga position using all four limbs, and also to an ancient precursor to chess whose figurative four limbs were the elephant, chariot, cavalry and infantry pieces that make up the army
jNMNQ TIL, the skin of a Honey Badger is tough enough to resist several machete blows and is almost impervious to arrows and spears