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Weird history on March 13
2013 First everCardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis, making him the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.
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1781 Oddly trueWilliam Herschel discovered the planet Uranus from the garden of his house in Bath, England, initially considering it to be a comet.
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1884 Oddly trueThe Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
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Vintage clipping · 1961
Evening star (Washington, D.C.), July 19, 1961
Page 58 · mentions "anti-noise popcorn"
“C16 THE EVENING STAR Amusements 5 i THE PASSING SHOW Now Take Popcorn A Most People Do By JAY CARMODY Drama Editor of The Star Oscar Doob who looks like the president of a Fifth Avenue bank is one of this corners favorit…”
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