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TIL that the Cult Awareness Network (CAN), once the largest anti-cult support hotline, is now owned by the church of scientology.

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jNxYn TIL that the actor who played Immortan Joe - the main antagonist in Mad Max: Fury Road - also played Toecutter, the main antagonist in the original Mad Max movie.
8ekKV TIL that Agatha Christie kept her final Poirot novel locked away in a bank vault for 30 years. And it's currently on free display at Cambridge University
LkMKd TIL that in 1989, a pilotless Soviet Air Force jet fighter crashed into a house in Belgium, killing one person. The pilot had ejected over an hour earlier over Poland after experiencing technical problems.
X0olR TIL in Iceland, during the Medieval Witch trials, majority of the executions were directed at men, with the last execution happening in 1683.
QNydM TIL that Canadian Pacific Freight Trains can be up to 2 miles (3.2km) long.