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TIL that Wikipedia has banned Scientologists from editing any articles having to do with Scientology

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QNQje TIL Food blogs include long contextual stories to make their recipes harder to steal.
6EVBQ TIL that, due to Catholic doctrine that discovered territory be placed under the diocese from which the explorers departed, the Diocese of Orlando technically includes the entire Moon.
LQlQp TIL that one of the largest known winged insects was a relative of dragonflies that lived 300 million years ago. It was predatory, had a 70 cm (2 ft 4 in) wingspan, and weighed up to 150 grams (1/3 lb).
a8QBy TIL pro football player Ty’Ran Dixon was jailed for 67 days, including 21 days in solitary confinement, after being mistaken for murder suspect Tyren Dickson, despite no resemblance, no evidence, and an alibi placing him 80+ miles away at a college football game during the crime.
wLZX7 TIL before Japan surrendered to end WW2, the US armed forces ordered over 1 million Purple Heart medals in anticipation of a difficult land invasion. That stock is still being used today.