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TIL The wife of L. Ron Hubbard consulted doctors who recommended he “be committed to a private sanatorium for psychiatric observation and treatment of a mental ailment known as paranoid schizophrenia.” Thereafter, Hubbard criticised psychiatry as a “barbaric and corrupt profession”.

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a8vEJ TIL Japanese Katana were using Chinese Tang Dynasty Sword (Dao) as prototypes for their own variant. Katana metal folding technique were used to compensate the quality of the japanese iron impurity as Chinese Dynasties restricted export of weapon material like iron to neighbours
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8ZAP TIL The last leader of East Germany is still alive and still defends his former country despite serving in prison for several years over Cold War crimes
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