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TIL George Clooney once said that he’d trade lives with Richard Branson if he could. Branson’s wife instantly responded: “Done!”

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E1JM0 TIL that the Vatican is accused by Serbs, Jews and Roma of laundering millions of dollars of stolen gold and jewelry, plundered from concentration camp prisoners in Croatia, immediately after WW2. It is also alleged that they helped several notorious Nazi leaders hide and escape
v1XA4 TIL of a fan written “Frasier” spin-off series which follows Niles’ and Daphne’s new life in Chicago. There are details for nearly 260 episodes spanning 11 seasons.
pYYgb TIL Cats that live in the wild or indoor pets allowed to roam outdoors kill from 1.4 billion to as many as 3.7 billion birds in the continental U.S. each year
4XKya TIL NASA lost communication with a spacecraft due to systems continuously rebooting because it can't process a date past August 11 2013.
grPW4 TIL that if Churchill had been incapacitated during the Second World War, one plan was to replace him as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom with Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa.