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TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all of their ink cartridges

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1aRbW TIL Zoroastrian funerals involve a ritual called sagdid (dog-sight). A dog was brought in before the body. If the dog stares steadily at the body, the person is still alive. If it doesn't look at the body, death is confirmed. This was useful in ensuring that a coma was not being mistaken for death.
GY915 TIL when you drink too much alcohol and don't remember anything the next day, you didn't forget anything, your Brain was just not "recording" in the first place.
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woD76 TIL truck-drivers are the most likely to be a serial killer. According to the FBI, there are over 400+ active serial killer truck drivers unidentified (avoiding suspicion due to state-to-state crossing). It got so bad, the FBI launched a whole operation called "Highway Serial Killer Initiative".
yQOrp TIL that the term "Lesbian" stems from the Ancient Greek poet Sappho of Lesbos who lived from 620-570 BCE. Her poetry portrays homoerotic feelings and she wrote over 10,000 lines of poetry. However, even though her works were widely known only 650 lines survive today.