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TIL that at the end of the South Park episode “Trapped in the Closet” All the names on the credits read either “John Smith” or “Jane Smith” due to Tom Cruises and Scientologists reputation for suing people

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e4Ng TIL that meditating is potentially one of the most powerful ways to stall the onset of / prevent Alzheimers disease. [Xpost r/meditation, edited slightly.]
E1MKd TIL: Cinco De Mayo, celebrated in California continuously since 1863, is virtually ignored in Mexico a 2007 UCLA Newsroom article notes
R5Rba TIL Cowboy boots aren’t taxed in Texas, but hiking boots are.
eZDn TIL that hover zoom is a spyware
B8Qb TIL that the infamous “Iron Maiden” of the Medieval Era was never used, and was actually a fake, constituted from misappropriated Medieval bits and pieces by Victorian Curators in order to make some money.