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TIL that Scientology used to sponsor race cars in the 1980’s

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rRDoM TIL that typing "&zwnj" into youtube search bar yields videos with no titles. It's an acronym for "zero-width non-joiner".
5YMrR Today I learned about Lord Goddard, a former Lord Chief Justice of England. His clerk claimed that he ejaculated whilst passing a death sentence on such a regular basis, that a fresh pair of trousers had to be brought to court on those occasions.
wLeM TIL Asperger’s syndrome used to be called “autistic psychopathy”
pD0A TIL as Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger delayed telling President Richard Nixon about the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 to keep him from interfering
wLdXE TIL being typecast as a cowboy, Sam Elliot hoped for a different role when he received The Big Lebowski script. The role turned out to be a cowboy and the Cohen brothers actually wrote in the script that this cowboy 'sounding not unlike Sam Elliott' and 'looking not unlike Sam Elliot'.