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TIL That Germany doesn’t recognize Scientology as a religion.

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R5w79 TIL That the symbol ^ is called a "caret" not a "carrot", from the Latin meaning "it lacks"
JbDl TIL Kobe beef was not legally exported out of Japan until January of 2012. If you ate Japanese Kobe Beef outside of Japan before this date, you were duped.
WrAL TIL that Polish exiles were not only the best-performing RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain, but also very successful with women; “they always have a girl on each arm. They say the girls cannot resist the Poles, nor the Poles the girls”.
J1vJ8 TIL that the first webcam was invented to monitor a coffee pot at the University of Cambridge, allowing researchers to see if the coffee was ready without leaving their desks.
QNvBd TIL the Devil's Advocate used to be an official position in the Catholic Church whose job was to find evidence against a saint candidate.