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TIL that after defending a priest who was accused of covering up child abuse, Pope Francis commissioned an investigation, realized he was wrong and changed course. He apologized to victims, and made the entire chilean leadership resign.

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jpJQ TIL that 71 years before Rosa Parks, Ida B. Wells refused to give up her seat on a train and was thrown off by a group of white men. She later cofounded the NAACP but was kept off the list of founders by W.E.B. Du Bois.
rRawW TIL in Spirited Away, Miyazaki based the river spirit on his own experience of cleaning a polluted river
lRW5 TIL that Facebook Turned Down WhatsApp Founder Brian Acton for a Job before they bought his app for 19 Billions dollars.
eOV6 TIL: one of Iran’s most revered martyrs was American. To this day, Iranians put flowers on his grave.
0DQy TIL of jails that offer upgraded cells, for roughly $75 to $127/day, the convicts get a small cell behind a regular door, distance from violent offenders and, in some cases, the right to bring an iPod or computer