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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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pO14 TIL of the Wow! signal, a strong narrowband radio signal detected on Aug 15, 1977 that originated from near Chi Sagittarii. Its frequency is very close to the Hydrogen Line, which scientists believe intelligent races might use to send a strong signal. We still do not know its origin.
9wr5M TIL Hitler barely escaped an assasination attempt by 13 minutes, planned by Georg Elser (Bürgerbräukeller Bombing)
xkD0 TIL That when Kazakhstan’s shooting team won a medal at a competition in Kuwait during the medal ceremony they played the Borat version of the national anthem
0wDP1 TIL The calves muscles help pump blood, The body is engineered so that when you walk, the calf muscles pump venous blood back toward your heart. The veins in your calf act like a reservoir for blood your body does not need in circulation at any given time.
e0Zgg TIL that in sensitive experiments, scientists have to use metal made before 1945 because the Cold War nuclear tests permanently made the atmosphere and as a result all manufactured metal too radioactive. Much of the metal is taken from sunken ships.