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TIL The Inquisition never actually ended, is still ongoing, and is now known as "The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith"

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N7ARQ TIL: The late, great Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed onscreen by a Terminator, a Predator and a Xenomorph Alien.
5V95B TIL Belgium is the only country in the world that flies an unconstitutional flag. The flag should be red, yellow and black, but in practice the order is reversed. Nobody has bothered correcting the constitution.
om88 TIL there is a company that sells ridiculously expensive mobile phones with the cheapest being about $9000
l70K1 TIL that King James bible wasn't the first English translation of the bible. There were a bunch of other translation with the oldest one taking place in the 14th century.
0wDvy TIL Tim Curry suffered a stroke in 2012 that left him in a wheel chair. But he is active in politics, and did a live table reading of Rocky Horror Picture Show last year to raise funds for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin