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TIL Charles Manson was a “Theta Clear” level Scientologist

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4xnN TIL that the first officer in the movie Titanic who accepted a bribe, shot a passenger, and then committed suicide is actually a hero and memorialized in his hometown in Dalbeattie, Scottland. The town was so distraught, a Fox exec flew over to present a donation to the local high school.
BgZ7b TIL the Tres Hombres is the only trans-Atlantic sailing freighter without a motor which is based in the Netherlands
vP0VL TIL The Catholic order of the Jesuits managed to create what is described as a "socialist Theocracy" among native Americans living near the Rio de la Plata, they also armed the native Americans with then modern weaponry to defend themselves against incursions by slave traders into their territory.
yQYO8 TIL of Frank Hayes, a jockey who won after suffering a fatal heart attack halfway through the race. Hayes technically still atop her back, making him the first, and thus far only, jockey known to have won a race after death.
KO7rJ TIL that Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was not born in India as widely thought. His birthplace was in Lumbini, which is in modern day Nepal. Lumbini is now a World Heritage Site and a popular pilgrimage destination.