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TIL That L Ron Hubbards Grandson is a renowned Slam Poet and activist against Scientology.

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pjpb TIL of the steamship Eastland, which, in 1915, capsized while still tied to the dock in Chicago. New safety laws which rushed through Congress after the Titanic sinking mandated so much safety gear installed that the ship was top heavy and rolled over, killing 844 people.
4XA45 TIL That anxious/scared cats can be calmed with a technique called “Slow Blink”. It shows you as a more trusting person and is more likely to calm the cat. Animal shelters use the technique to help nervous cats feel more at ease.
0wywN TIL, a Donald Duck cartoon about Hitler won the Best Animated Short Oscar in 1943.
m1rWY TIL that Phillip Morris, namesake of the company that sells Marlboro, died of lung cancer at 38.
woNv8 TIL that Ivan IV “the Terrible” of Russia once tried to woo Elizabeth I of England and wrote her a letter blaming her lack of authority on her sex when she turned him down.