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TIL Legoland donated $10,000 to Youth for Human Rights International, a Scientology group, thinking it was a human rights charity.

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LQmld TIL that pumpernickel (the German whole grain sourdough bread) literally means "farting devil" or "devil's farts."
X6P6 TIL there are myths of an advanced civilization of red haired people who disappeared after the last ice age (5,000+ years ago)
EXZw TIL of Mike, the scambaiter who conned a “Nigerian Prince” out of $80 by pretending to be Father Hector Barnett of ‘The Church of the Painted Breast’ and convincing the scammer to take part in the church’s initiation process.
pYZ6p TIL that during WW2, P-51 Mustangs were given wooden wheels at the assembly plant before they made their first test flights.
KZYR TIL Witness protection in the US was instituted to protect people testifying against members of the KKK