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TIL an 18 year old owed $350 for a Scientology course, so the Church threatened his father. A letter from a ‘Minister’ included: I am an expert at harassment, try me and find out. You will be broke, out of a job and broken in health. I have abilities that I will use to crush you to your knees.

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gr8gX TIL compasses are made differently for northern & southern hemispheres, because the magnetic field dips N / S. This requires the needle to be counter-weighted at the S end for northern hemisphere & vice versa. A northern compass used below the equator would likely drag its S tip on the compass base!
gMVAL TIL that Alessandra Mussolini, the daughter of Axis dictator Benito Mussolini, is Sophia Loren's niece, released a #1 pop record in Japan, appeared in topless in Playboy, has acted in a dozen films, and has been a member of Parliament since 1992
LQepr TIL the CEO of Live Nation (and Ticketmaster) makes $139 million/year.
yQJyM TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.
waro TIL That actor Ron Perlman smokes 4 cigars a day, mostly to calm himself. He says: “Some people meditate, I smoke cigars. It’s the best way for me to find myself. Smoking a cigar stops my hands from shaking. Smoking a cigar prevents me from punching people in the face when they get on my nerves.“