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TIL: Current High Ranking Mormon Church Leader Helped Take Down Nixon

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kOvB4 TIL Hawaii has the coldest record high temperature (98 F/ 37 C) of any US state
oR1jE TIL that the single largest infiltration of the United States government in history was committed by the Church of Scientology in order to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard.
woGPJ TIL that “shuttlecock calibrator” is a real job
69Nd8 TIL A ferry pilot flew a Cessna 172 from California to Hawaii in just over 18 hours. Prepping and flying the plane was about the same cost as having the plane disassembled, shipped and re-assembled.
VB5O8 TIL that during WWII the British government banned banana imports, leading to a complete absence of the fruit in the UK. This scarcity led to the creation of "mock banana", a substitute made from boiled and mashed parsnips mixed with sugar and banana flavoring.