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TIL that in 1970 the English Court of Appeal found that Scientology does not engage in religious worship

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0YG1 TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was “Moon”
Va5Q TIL that the Imperial German Raider SMS Wolf made the longest voyage of a warship during World War I. When it returned to Germany it had on board 467 prisoners of war and tons of vital war plunder
j6PBj TIL that the first time the Albanian language was mentioned in History was a witness of a crime reporting he had heard someone yelling in Albanian.
epjrE TIL that in deep mine voids, slabs of rocks weighing hundreds of pounds can spontaneously "explode" off the walls from the pressure above until the stresses adjust.
Wk6rX TIL that 8 US presidents have been fluent in greek.