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TIL The church of Scientology once tried to take over a city in Florida

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grK88 TIL in terms of endurance, there is no living animal that can beat a human; basic human biology makes humans the ultimate runners
KOMRJ TIL by 1580, a syphilis outbreak in Europe left most people bald. A surge of wig making sparked the trend of powdered wigs which lasted for almost 200 years.
mDoM TIL that American Spies in the Cold War were caught due to their counterfeit passports being made with better staples.
xVMZw TIL from 1897-1907 the US Department of Labor commissioned several reports on the condition of Blacks in America, culminating in a damning report by W.E.B. Du Bois on the exploitation of Blacks in Alabama. Rather than publish the report, the DOL destroyed all copies and halted the studies.
P1gaJ TIL that the guy who invented the sewing machine had 26 kids with two wives and three mistresses. After he was arrested for bigamy, he fled to England. When he died, his family split his $13M fortune, except for his son William who testified against him in his divorce. William inherited $500.