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TIL that the Cult Awareness Network, which criticized Scientology, among other cults, was undermined, sued and bought out by the Church of Scientology

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d86Aj TIL the dissections of Da Vinci began an artistic style called écorché (flayed in French), which graphically depicts the body without skin. This musculoskeletal blueprint for postures and gestures aided Renaissance realism. In the Enlightenment, mass-produced sculptures standardized medical studies
neJRY TIL that the loudest animals on the planet are sperm whales. They communicate with clicks that reach 236db and can be heard by fellow sperm whales more than 1000 miles away
6E8kY TIL that there is no corn involved in making corned beef, the 'corns' are the name for coarse grains of salt used in the curing process.
6LX8 TIL material from pig intestines prompts the human body to replace damaged tissues with little or no scarring, recreating the healing efficiency of young children.
rpQ0 TIL that the Battle of the Persian Gate was an almost exact role reversal of the Battle of Thermopylae. A small group of perhaps 300 Persians held Alexander’s army at a checkpoint. After killing legions of Alexander’s men, they were ultimately surrounded and slaughtered.