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TIL that in 2004, Scientology embarked on a top-secret project which involved finding a girlfriend for Tom Cruise.

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jXwp TIL a man aspiring to become a lawyer was denied admission to the New York bar because his student debt exceeded $400,000. Five appellate judges concluded his payments had been too meager to date and thus he had not “established the character and general fitness requisite for an attorney”.
X049r TIL that the colony of Eider Ducks on the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England were the subject of one of the first ever bird protection laws, established by Saint Cuthbert in the year 676.
JYe71 TIL that in approximately 8000 BC, the Mesopotamians began using clay tokens to count their agricultural and manufactured goods. Later they began placing these tokens inside large, hollow clay containers (bulla, or globular envelopes) which were then sealed.
07r5 TIL the US Navy has 2 humanitarian ships that are effectively mobile hospitals that has room for 1000 beds each.
awDEZ TIL giraffes have a natural blood pressure of about 280/180, and have a complex series of mechanisms in their circulatory system to prevent brain hemorrhage as their heads rapidly change elevation, such as when standing up from taking a drink.