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TIL about Chris Lemons, a oil rig diver, who survived for nearly 40 minutes under water after his umbilical cord was cut during an accident. With him he had a emergency air tank with approximately 5 minutes of air

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Rjy8 TIL that Scientology has its own prison called “The Hole” where Scientology executives are sent for months or even years of confinement, manual labor and humiliation.
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