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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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vY0L TIL Scarlett Johansson almost got the lead role in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but lost it because director David Fincher thought she was too sexy. He said that no one would take the rape scene seriously as the audience would just be waiting to see her naked.
6eRY TIL, Sir Issac Newton hated his mother and step-father; he even threatened to kill them with fire.
0aNy TIL post-war Germany established a Federal Agency to give rigorously non-partisan information to prospective voters and prevent any moves to re-establish a totalitarian regime. It now runs a highly respected, non-partisan ‘Who should I vote for?’ website.
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