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TIL that Scientology is considered a commercial enterprise in Switzerland.

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pYPD8 TIL the title to “Inside Out” in Spanish is a pun. It is called “Intensamente” which means intensely but also ends with the word “Mente” or mind
ReG4 TIL that in the 90’s when Microsoft was unimpressed with a programmer’s performance, they would threaten to reassign them to work on “Microsoft Dogs” an interactive CD-ROM to inform dog owners of the proper care and feeding for 500 different breeds of dogs.
QJOjk TIL that one town in Scotland celebrates Halloween on the last Friday of October instead of the 31st, since there’s no school or work (for most) the next day.
ovyE TIL Jim Cummings, the voice of “Winnie the Pooh,” calls children who are in hospital to talk to them in character
9wN6m TIL that the species Lycosa aragogi is named after the spider Aragog from the Harry Potter book "The Chamber of Secrets"