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TIL Frankie Muniz of Malcolm in the Middle had a career in professional car racing after the show ended

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xr77 TIL the Cult Awareness Network listed Scientology as the #1 most dangerous cult. Over 50 Scientologists later filed civil suits against them, many using the same carbon copy claim via 1 law firm. After suing them into bankruptcy, the Church bought the name and started the New Cult Awareness Network.
d8aMj TIL that Pad Thai, the national dish of Thailand, is actually not a traditional dish, but was invented, standardized and promoted by the Thai government, and imposed upon the people, as part of a broad cultural effort to establish a sense of national identity.
woMvP TIL Before his ascension to the papacy, the future Pope John Paul I published a book of letters written to various historical figures and fictional characters such as Charles Dickens, King David, and Pinocchio.
rNdoM TIL that in 1786, 12-year-old Hannah Ocuish - half Black and half Native - became the youngest U.S. person to be executed. She had reportedly beaten a neighbor's 6-year-old to death over a dispute involving some stolen strawberries.
mMwM TIL there are more than 200 corpses on Mount Everest. They are used as trail markers for climbers and many of the bodies have earned nicknames.