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TIL that in response to South Park satirising Scientology, Scientologists put out a statement on behalf of Isaac Hayes (Who plays the character Chef and is a Scientologist) quitting the show, taking advantage of him being barely functional and unable to talk due to a stroke.

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gMB7b TIL In the 1800s, feeding lobster to prisoners was considered “cruel and unusual punishment, like making people eat rats”
J17Q TIL: There is an area of the universe a billion light years across that has virtually nothing in it, not even dark matter.
WNZ4 TIL A 16 year-old girl raped a 12 year-old boy, got pregnant, and then the Kansas Supreme Court found the boy liable for child support
ep0xE TIL that Pope Nicholas III Orsini created a botanical garden in Vatican City that has been maintained for over 700 years.
v1KbB TIL that in the 70s, the U.S government tried to create an artificial reef using concrete jacks and old tires. The reef ended up becoming an ecological disaster as it eroded, causing loose tires to be picked up by hurricanes and collide with natural reefs elsewhere.