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TIL Scientology ran a forced child labor camp in Austrailia

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VWVB TIL the “Battle of B-R5RB”. It was an epic digital battle in EVE online and it costed $300,000 in real world money.It began when someone forgot to pay an in-game rent for an in-game space station.
ANA6o TIL about a study analyzing the link between Young Male Syndrome (YMS) and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (sTBI) - Being male is not significant except if alcohol is involved, and intoxicated males tend to survive more than sober ones
nWMP TIL that a set of simple algorithms can give rise to amazingly complex patterns that are able to transform, breed, travel, and create. It’s Conway’s Game of Life, and in principle it is the same way organic molecules work together to create the patterns that are life.
yJKJ TIL show producers gave a homeless man $100,000 to do what he wants; within 6 months he had nearly spent all the money, and he eventually went broke and became homeless again.
eWdJ TIL that the Messerschmitt Bf-109, the workhorse fighter of the German Luftwaffe during WWII, first flew with a British Rolls-Royce engine, because the German engine was not ready in time for the prototype.